484 Nicholson St, Fitzroy North (Methodist Church)

“A modest church, constructed in 1874 to the design of Percy Oakden of Terry and Oakden Architects. The brick façade is decorated by contrasting bricks at the window heads and openings, with moulded bricks used as modillions under the side eaves. Colonettes with capitals flank the west door with the label mould above terminating abruptlyContinue reading “484 Nicholson St, Fitzroy North (Methodist Church)”

58 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy (Royal Terrace)

“The Melbourne District Nursing Society was formed in 1885. In May 1904 it moved to 5 Royal Terrace (now 58 Nicholson St) from Leicester St Carlton, where it had been since 1902. This information is from the November 2020 issue of the Fitzroy History Society Newsletter: “The nurses worked in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.Continue reading “58 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy (Royal Terrace)”