Mail Exchange Building (former), 670-696 Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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S 37° 49.005 E 144° 57.221
55H E 319883 N 5812544
The former Melbourne Mail Exchange
Waymark Code: WM1BA5D
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 01/03/2025
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The former Mail Exchange Building was constructed between 1913 and 1917. The seven storey, steel-framed building wasbuilt in a beaux-arts classical style, with a red brick facade featuring rustication at the corners and a trabeated facade at first to third floor levels. The dominant feature of the facade is the paired giant order fluted columns, with ionic capitals, rising through three storeys.
An under-road tunnel connected the sub-basement to Platform 2 at Spencer Street Station and was used for the conveyance of mail to trains.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 17372
Place File No: 2/11/033/0686
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status: Included Place
Year built: 1913-1917
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