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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 175

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Two similar photos show house at 175 Hotham Street, East Melbourne known as Hotham House.  It is a  symmetrical house with balconies supported by a pair of centrally placed columns of the Tuscan Order. 

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  • 1819 reads

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 120, 124 - chimneys

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Photo shows chimneys of the houses at 120 (right) and 124 (left) Powlett Street, East Melbourne.

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  • 1688 reads

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 130 - chimneys

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Photos show chimney of the house at 130 Powlett Street, East Melbourne.  The chimney itself is cement rendered with broad horizontal mouldings at its rim, typical of its time.  The chimney bears three chimney pots cylindrical in form with a ring turning below a castellated rim.

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  • 1686 reads

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 171

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Photo shows detail of cast iron balcony at 171 Powlett Street, East Melbourne

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  • 1555 reads

Sketch for gasolier

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Sketch for gasolier proposed for the first Trinity Church, George Street, East Melbourne.  The first church was completed in 1864 to a design by Leonard Terry and was burnt down in 1905. 

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  • 1670 reads

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