Building 1 (Francis Ormond Building) (1886 - )

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1886
Website
https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/francis-ormond
Summary

Building 1, the Francis Ormond Building, is of severe educational Gothic style. The first stage of the building - the Bowen Street wing - was completed in 1886, and opened by Francis Ormond in 1887. The second wing, located on La Trobe Street, was opened in 1892 (Edquist and Grierson, 2008, pp. 4 and 6; Royal Melbourne Technical College, 1955 (compiled 1954), p. 15).

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Title
Construction of front section and tower of Building 1
Type
Image
Date
1891
Creator
RMIT University Photographer
Control
PH2_1_54
Source
RMIT University Library

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Edquist, Harriet and Grierson, Elizabeth, A Skilled Hand and Cultivated Mind: A Guide to the Architecture and Art of RMIT University, RMIT University Press, Melbourne, Victoria, 2008; Royal Melbourne Technical College, Royal Melbourne Technical College Calendar 1955, Melbourne, Victoria. Also available at https://rmit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/61RMIT_INST/1adn3cm/alma9921556747701341.