Place
East Melbourne, Powlett Street 053, Regent's Gate
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- Date built
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1939
- First owner
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Bernard Evans
Description
Twenty-four studio apartments arranged in two symmetrical, three storey wings, creating a U-shape with garden in the middle. It is built in salmon colour brick and is Georgian in character. Each apartment has French doors to a balcony.
History
Bernard Evans in the post war years became one of the state's largest developers of flats and apartments. He was Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1958-60 and was knighted in 1962. This was one of his first buildings after he returned from studies in England.
Sources
Bryce Raworth Pty. Ltd., East Melbourne Conservation Study (2000)
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