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Place

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 053, Regent's Gate

East Melbourne

  • 53 Powlett Street

Building names

Surnames

Date built
1939
First owner
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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