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House at 131-137 Nelson Place
131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
Nelson Place Heritage Precinct

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House at 131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The shops and residences, designed by Michael Egan and constructed between 1873 and 1885, at 131-137 Nelson Place, Williamstown.

How is it Significant?

The shops and residences at 131-37 Nelson Place, Williamstown are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, they illustrate the development of Nelson Place as the main commercial centre of Williamstown during the nineteenth century. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, they are a near original example of an early commercial development, which expresses its sequential development by its unequal facade widths and window groups and also possesses valuable details such as the shopfronts. They are an essential part of the historic Nelson Place streetscape. (AHC criteria E1 and F1)

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    • Physical Description 1

      House at 131-137 Nelson Place - Physical Description 1

      A two-storeyed stuccoed brick and stone shop and residence quartet, built to the frontage and decorated in a conservative Italian Renaissance revival manner presumably in 1877. Panelled pilasters divide tenancies whilst balustraded parapets, architraved and plastered window groups and strongly expressed, bracketed sill mouldings are used throughout for a unified facade, albeit of three different frontages. Timber shopfronts have generally survived.

      The street verandahs have been removed and urns/orbs may have existed on the parapet piers.

      Integrity

      House at 131-137 Nelson Place - Integrity

      External integrity and condition

      Integrity - High. Condition - Good

      Physical Description 2

      House at 131-137 Nelson Place - Physical Description 2

      Context

      A contributory element to the nineteenth century historic character of Nelson Place.

      Historical Australian Themes

      House at 131-137 Nelson Place - Historical Australian Themes

      Developing local, regional and national economies, Marketing & retailing

      Physical Description 3

      House at 131-137 Nelson Place - Physical Description 3

      Associations

      Michael Egan

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study

      Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
      Year: 2006
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