Carlton Fire Station
The Carlton Fire Station, or Fire Station No. 3 or Former Carlton Fire Station, on Swanston Street in Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia is a historic fire station which was built in 1927–29.[1]
Carlton Fire Station | |
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Location of Carlton Fire Station in Australia | |
Location | Carlton, Victoria |
Coordinates | 37.801290°S 144.964074°E |
Built | 1927-29 |
Architectural style(s) | Edwardian Baroque |
It was deemed of state level heritage significance in Victoria by the Victoria Heritage Council.[1]
It was designed by Cedric Haese Ballantyne (1876-1957) in late Edwardian Baroque style, and was deemed "an excellent representative example" of the numerous Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire stations that he designed.[1]
It is a three-storey brick and stucco building. It has a central entrance leading to a courtyard. Residences for single and married men were on the first and second storeys, and the ground floor on Swanston Street was commercial lease space. It has a balustraded parapet.[2]
The fire station ceased operations on 20 May 1997 and moved on the same day to a new fire station on Bouverie Street, Carlton, just a block away.
The building was converted to residential apartments in 2000.[1]
References
- "Former Carlton Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council. 11 January 2008.
- "Former No. 3 Carlton Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council. 13 May 1999.