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Stuart Hall

East Melbourne, Hoddle Street 1081

Description: 

Two storey block of 'bachelor' flats in the streamlined Moderne style. The building features curved walls, curved concrete window hoods, black contrasting bricks and portholes.

History: 

Index to Building Applications gives date of application as 7 Sept 1939, however the first page of the application shows it was initially signed on 10 Jan 1939, when the owner was the Commissioner of Victorian Railways and the builder was G. Phillips, 3 Glen Avon Road, Hawthorn. These names were crossed out and the application newly signed on 5 April 1940 when J.K.

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East Melbourne, Hoddle Street 1085, Millhayes

Description: 

Two storey cream brick apartment block in the Art Deco style

History: 

The building application for this site is dated 26 August 1939. The owner of the site was the Victorian Railways, which had owned it since purchasing a number of blocks along Wellington Parade in 1901 in order to create the existing railway line.

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