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Champions Hotel: cnr Flinders Lane and Swanston Street, MELBOURNE

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Building Profile

Name : Champions Hotel

Location

Address: cnr Flinders Lane and Swanston Street
City: MELBOURNE

Postcode: 3000

Champions Hotel was a landmark

Construction Details

Built: 1905~
Original use: Club/Hotel/Coffee Palace
Current use: Not Used or Not Applicable

number of floors : 7

Built in the Edwardian period in the Edwardian Baroque style

Notable features

Tall hotel with unusual and prominent faceted corner tower combinining the Italianate style with palazzo, baroque and mannerist themes. Arched bays, oriels and balconies typical of the American romanesque style.

History

Architect:

This building has been destroyed (1960~)

Demolished for a rather bland 1960s modern commercial tower.

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