I photographed this in 2014, then found out it was originally the #CollingwoodBowlsClub pavilion, probably from the 1880s, but they’d gone, leaving it to the Senior Citizens as Pioneer Hall, but not maintained, so looked like this. I knew it was a very rare example of #expressedtimberframe, where the cladding is only internal, and the external frame becomes decoration, often seen in Queensland and NZ, but not here. Then a little while later I found out it was demolished ! The @cityofyarra never recognising it’s heritage value, and not wanting to spend the $. Sometimes Councils are the worst custodians. The site, behind the #CollingwoodTownHall is now carparking, and part of the area that almost became public housing recently, but didn’t, because Council didn’t want any private housing as part of the development.
Storey of Melbourne 