8 July 2019:
Always always always worth it – the #CityOfMelbourneBuilding is small but packs a punch, with all that wonderful eclectic detailing, a bit #Queenanne, and bit Flemish, a bit #FrenchRenaissance, and very pointy, complete with very tall totally intact #castiron #finials. Built 1888, designed by #EllerkerAndKilburn; #WHEllerker with Kilburn or on his own did a number of wild commercial designs in the city, such as the Federal Hotel (he did the exterior), but like that are mostly demolished, so he/they arnt as well known as they should be.
Second image shows it being built in a photo by Charles Bristow Walker, a British photographer here only briefly during the boom years. He left behind a few albums of excellent photos documenting the city streets – many with buildings under construction in the background, pretty rare in other photos of the period. From a book on Walker published by the Baillieu Library,
Storey of Melbourne 