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Name/TitleTown Hall and Court House, Prahran, c. 1862

About this objectThis photograph of Prahran Town Hall and Court House, located on the south-west corner of the intersection of Greville and Chapel streets, has been taken from the south in Chapel Street.

The court house and lock up, the smaller building in the foreground, was erected in 1857, the year after the first municipal council was elected. The original Town Hall, behind the court house, was built in 1861 to the design of local architects Crouch and Wilson in the Italianate style. In 1863 a clock was added to the tower and the building was rendered. Hence this photograph was taken before these alterations.

In 1869, the Court House building was dismantled and rebuilt behind the Town Hall, with an entrance on Greville Street. Then in the 1880s it was redesigned again, by the architect Charles Gilchrist, in the Gothic Revival style.

This image was most probably reproduced from "The History of Prahran, from its first settlement to a City" (1924) by J. B. Cooper, opposite page 92.

One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.

For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria

MakerT.W. Cameron (Firm)

Maker RoleSlide Maker

Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm

Period1860-1870

Object TypePhotograph

Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956

Subject and Association KeywordsCrouch &​ Wilson (Firm)

Subject and Association KeywordsChapel Street (Prahran, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsPrahran Court House

Subject and Association KeywordsPrahran Town Hall

Subject and Association KeywordsPrahran (Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsTown Halls

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-BCS-32

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