The BuildingsRUSSELL STREET
Cavendish House
The building
Cavendish House was built in 1927 as a warehouse for the wholesale firm Debenham's, designed by the architecture firm A & K Henderson and built by Watts and Sons. Unusually for the day, it was built of brick rather than concrete, with hollow-block floors for fire resistance. During the Second World War the Australian Red Cross packed prisoner-of-war parcels here. It was converted to apartments in 1994, with two floors added.
In brief
- 1927Built as a warehouse for Debenham's, designed by A & K Henderson
- 1930The name Cavendish House in public use
- 1994Converted to apartments, with two floors added
The doorstep
Three places within a short walk.
What each one is, and how far it is from the front door. Select a place to see it on the map.
1
Nature295 m · 4 min walk
Birrarung Marr
The city's first major new parkland in a century, terraced down to the Yarra with a Wurundjeri name meaning river of mists.
2
Dining546 m · 7 min walk
Florentino
The upstairs Mural Room has been a grand Italian dining institution since the 1930s, its frescoes National Trust-classified.
3
Character159 m · 2 min walk
The Melbourne Athenaeum
Founded in 1839, it housed the city's first library and gallery and still runs a subscription library above Collins St.
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