Sunday, January 17, 2010

South Melbourne Police Station & Court House

South Melbourne Police Station I reckon there isn't that much Spanish Mission style Art Deco architecture Melbourne. Mostly I see it in houses but the South Melbourne Police and Court Complex is a very rare public buildings in that style. They are acknowledged as such by Heritage Victoria.

The buildings were designed by the Public Works Department architect E Evan Smith and built in 1928.

South Melbourne Court House

South Melbourne Court House

Posted by David Thompson
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2 comments:

  1. Port PlacesJanuary 23, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    I really like these pictures of the South Melbourne court house and police station. I think I have always been a bit distracted by the imposing presence of the South Melbourne Town Hall that I have not paid sufficient attention to the interesting detail of these two buildings.

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  2. David ThompsonJanuary 23, 2010 at 9:54 PM

    Understandable Janet. The Town Hall takes pride of place and dominates Emerald Hill. It does tend to take attention away from the other heritage buildings in the precinct.

    A contact in Puerto Rico saw the pictures and expressed great surprise that there were these types of 'Spanish' style buildings in Melbourne.

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