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Emerald Hill Estate Residences: 156-165 Park Street, SOUTH MELBOURNE

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Building Profile

Name : Emerald Hill Estate Residences
Past Names : Patross Knitting Mills

Location

Address: 156-165 Park Street
City: SOUTH MELBOURNE

Postcode: 3205

Emerald Hill Estate Residences is a landmark

Construction Details

Built: 1877 - 1890
Original use: Commercial
Current use: Commercial

number of floors : 2

Built in the Victorian period in the Neo-Gothic style

Notable features

The Emerald Hill Estate is architecturally important as an extraordinary example of municipal planning during the 1880s boom. The symmetrical and mannered arrangement of commercial and residential blocks around a municipal precinct is unique in Victoria. While the architectural importance of the Emerald Hill Estate lies mainly in its cohesion as a precinct, the former Harcourt and Perry drapery (1885), 256-264 Park Street, is notable in its own right for its unusual Gothic treatment and its Omaru limestone facade.

History

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Emerald Hill Estate Residences is classified by:

Victorian Heritage Register (H1136) - Emerald Hill Estate Residences is protected by state law

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