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Commonwealth Offices. 4 Treasury Place, East Melbourne
At the turn of the century, Melbourne served for a period as the national capital until a permanent capital was created in Canberra.
Offices were required for federal government and the Treasury Reserve, having been established in the 1850s for the purpose of consolidating Melbourne’s government administration functions was the ideal choice. The building was once the office of the Prime Minister, Post-Master General and Federal Treasurer and Governor-General and though these offices and most other federal government functions are now based in Canberra it continues to be used by the federal government.
Posted in City of Melbourne, East Melbourne 3002, Low-rise (1-5 storeys) | 
Tags: 1910s, 1912, 1914, 20th century, baroque, beaux arts, commonwealth, east melbourne, edwardian, federal government, government, john smith murdoch, keystone, office building, palazzo, piano nobile, treasury place, treasury place east melbourne, treasury reserve | 
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Former Beath, Schiess & Feldstead Building: 109-113 Russell Street, Melbourne
109-113 Russell Street, Melbourne
109 Russell Street is a three storey red brick and render warehouse at the corner of Flinders Lane and Russell Street. It was built in 1910 for Beath, Scheiss and Feldstead clothing manufacturers to a design by architects HW & FB Tompkins and forms part of a significantly intact pre World War II streetscape on both Flinders Lane and Russell Streets.
Posted in City of Melbourne, Low-rise (1-5 storeys), Melbourne 3000 | Tags: 1910, 1910s, 20th century, 3 storey, automobile showroom, chicago style, demolition, educational building, edwardian, flinders lane melbourne, Frank Beauchamp Tompkins, Harry Tompkins, Henry William Tompkins, HW & FB Tompkins, red brick, russell street melbourne, warehouse | 1 Comment »
Old Age Building: 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne (demolished 2014)