Melbourne Mansions

Melbourne Mansions
Melbourne Mansions
General information
Architectural style Art Nouveau
Location Melbourne Australia
Address 95 (91-101) Collins Street
Town or city Melbourne
Country Australia
Coordinates 37°48′52.17″S 144°58′14.25″E / 37.8144917°S 144.970625°E / -37.8144917; 144.970625
Completed 1906
Demolished 1958
Technical details
Floor count 5
Design and construction
Client David Syme
Architect Walter Butler and George Inskip

Coordinates: 37°48′52.17″S 144°58′14.25″E / 37.8144917°S 144.970625°E / -37.8144917; 144.970625

Melbourne Mansions was a five-storey apartment building located in Collins Street in Melbourne, Australia. Constructed in 1906, it is thought to have been the first purpose-built residential apartment block in the city.[1] Designed in the Art Nouveau style by the architectural partnership of Walter Butler and George Inskip for newspaper proprietor David Syme, its facade featured oriel windows and arches.[2][3] The basement and ground levels had shops and medical rooms while the floors above housed thirty apartments. Meals were served to residents at a common dining room and serveries on each floor.[1]

The building was sold in 1949, and demolished in 1958 by Whelan the Wrecker, making way for the 26-storey CRA Building. This was described at the time by journalist Keith Dunstan as "breaking the rhythm" of the so-called "Paris end" of Collins Street.

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