Carlton Fire Station
The Carlton Fire Station, or Fire Station No. 3 or Former Carlton Fire Station, on Swanston Street in Carlton, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia is a historic fire station which was built in 1927–29.It was deemed of state level heritage significance in Victoria by the Victoria Heritage Council.It was designed by Cedric Haese Ballantyne (1876-1957) in late Edwardian Baroque style, and was deemed "an excellent representative example" of the numerous Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire stations that he designed.It is a three-storey brick and stucco building. It has a central entrance leading to a courtyard. Residences for single and married men were on the first and second storeys, and the ground floor on Swanston Street was commercial lease space. It has a balustraded parapet.The fire station ceased operations on 20 May 1997 and moved on the same day to a new fire station on Bouverie Street, Carlton, just a block away.The building was converted to residential apartments in 2000.It is located at 650-656 or 644-656 Swanston Street.
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Swanston Street, Melbourne Carlton
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Swanston Street 650
3053 Melbourne, Carlton
Victoria, Australia
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