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MMTB SUBSTATION
196A DAWSON STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 5757

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Statement of Significance

The substation at 196A Dawson Street, Brunswick, is of local historical and architectural Significance. Its construction in 1925-26 marked the establishment of the electric tram route through Brunswick West, which in turn spurred residential development in that area. Architecturally, the small building is a considered composition in brick, appropriate to its function.
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    • Physical Description 1

      MMTB SUBSTATION - Physical Description 1

      The substation at 196A Dawson Street, Brunswick West is a simple structure of face red brick in English bond. The facade to Dawson Street has a protruding central section and a stepped parapet with brick streamlining at the uppermost corners, unpainted rendered coping and a centrally-placed Moderne motif. Beneath this is a trio of cream brick bosses. The substation has a central doorway with tapestry brickwork and rendered dressings. Security screens cover four-paned steel-framed slot windows on either wide of the entrance, and the central opening is screened with steel and wire gates.

      Key Architectural Elements: simple symmetrical composition
      face brick walls with tapestry brick and render decoration
      prominent corner site

      Principal Historic Themes: moving goods and peoplepublic transport system

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 1990
      Grading: Local

      Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review

      Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
      Year: 1999
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