The BuildingsRUSSELL STREET
Victoria Hall
The building
Now known as Victoria Hall, this building on the corner of Russell and Victoria Streets was originally the hall of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, a friendly society that ran sick pay, medical care and funeral benefits for its members in the days before government welfare. It was built in the Italian Renaissance style as a two-storey rendered-brick lodge. In 2001 it was refurbished and converted to apartments, with a top storey added.
In brief
- 1884The Grand Lodge of Victoria of the Oddfellows held its annual session in the hall on Russell Street
- 1887The Grand Lodge met at its new hall on the corner of Russell and Victoria Streets
- 1989Classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
- 2001Refurbished and converted to 24 apartments and one shop, with a top storey added
The record
What has sold at Victoria Hall.
Sales recorded
One
Sold at
$598,000
4/392 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
$598,000
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
Nature97 m · 1 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
Dining152 m · 2 min walk
MoVida
Frank Camorra's tapas bar opened in 2003 down graffiti-covered Hosier Lane and taught the city to eat Spanish.
3
Character345 m · 4 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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