Junction Hotel: St Kilda Junction, ST KILDA
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| Building ProfileName : Junction Hotel
LocationAddress: St Kilda Junction
City: ST KILDA
Postcode: 3182
Junction Hotel was a landmark
Construction DetailsBuilt: 1888~
Original use: Club/Hotel/Coffee Palace
Current use: Not Used or Not Applicable
number of floors : 3Built in the Victorian period in the Eclectic style
Notable featuresAn elaborate composition in a wedged shape eccentuating the unusual site of the junction and focussing on the corner tower which originates in an oriel and terminates in an eclectic Italianate / Mannerist spire with the elegance of Second Empire France. Meticulously detailed, a trademark expression of the Melbourne Boom Style. HistoryArchitect:
This building has been destroyed (1960~)
Demolished along with over 150 buildings in the region of the St Kilda Junction to make way for new underpass and bypass road construction. The building was still standing for a short time after the construction.
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