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“This house was constructed in 1881 for Elizabeth Hurst and occupied by Robert Chamberlain, a gentleman. It is a finely detailed polychrome brick house with an asymmetrical projecting polygonal bay. The verandah has an ogee profile roof and is decorated by a delicate cast iron frieze. The cast iron fence, with elaborate gate posts, isContinue reading “37 Rowe Street, Fitzroy North”

“This house was constructed together with number 37 for Elizabeth Hurst in 1881. It is a polychrome house with a typical asymmetrical polygonal bay, but with (at the opposite end) an unusual second storey of one room which may be a later addition. It is in a composition too heavy to be picturesque. One ofContinue reading “35 Rowe Street, Fitzroy North”

Mark Moss & Co owned a large portion of North Fitzroy. In 1875 he acquired the whole block bounded by Rushall Crescent, Falconer, Michael and Rowe streets (Fitzroy – Melbourne’s First Suburb, p.27). There is more information on this land and Rowe Street in general here. It appears that at some point between 1875 andContinue reading “105 Rowe Street, Fitzroy North”

“This corner two storey brick building was constructed in 1887 as a butcher’s shop. The corner verandah has been removed but the façade is substantially intact. The shop windows are simple with delicate cast iron stall boards, and surmounted by four pane lights at the window head. The composition is broken by the string courseContinue reading “123 Rae Street, Fitzroy North”

The street was likely named after T.Rowe, who was a real estate agent and Fitzroy councillor for ten years from 1864 and mayor in 1869. He also owned land on Rowe Street, being the SW corner block of Michael and Rowe Street (as highlighted on the image below). (North Fitzroy Conservation Study 1978, p.14). Overtime,Continue reading “Rowe St”

Back in 1920, this location had not yet been taken over by St Vincent’s Hospital and was owned by S T Goon a Chinese Herbalist. In 1924, excitement struck, and the article alongside ran over the 10th and 11th November 1924. It was a flurry of “gold excitement as a claim for a mining leaseContinue reading “26 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy”

“The Beswick Building of eight 3 storey shops was built in Brunswick St by 1888-89 for the Australian Property and Investment Co. Ltd. The architect was John Beswick and the builder was Ralph Besant. Three storey frontages face the street, and there are two storey wings at the rear of each shop. The asymmetric designContinue reading “252 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy”

“The Beswick Building of eight 3 storey shops was built in Brunswick St by 1888-89 for the Australian Property and Investment Co. Ltd. The architect was John Beswick and the builder was Ralph Besant. Three storey frontages face the street, and there are two storey wings at the rear of each shop. The asymmetric designContinue reading “248 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy”

“The Beswick Building of eight 3 storey shops was built in Brunswick St by 1888-89 for the Australian Property and Investment Co. Ltd. The architect was John Beswick and the builder was Ralph Besant. Three storey frontages face the street, and there are two storey wings at the rear of each shop. The asymmetric designContinue reading “250 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy”

“The Beswick Building of eight 3 storey shops was built in Brunswick St by 1888-89 for the Australian Property and Investment Co. Ltd. The architect was John Beswick and the builder was Ralph Besant. Three storey frontages face the street, and there are two storey wings at the rear of each shop. The asymmetric designContinue reading “246 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy”