Building 24 (Foresters Hall) (1888 - )

From
1888
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20240229160348/https://www.rmit.edu.au/maps/melbourne-city-campus/building-24
Summary

Foresters Hall was completed in 1888 for the Ancient Order of Foresters. The building was designed by architects Ravenscroft & Freeman and was bought by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 1969 to house the RMIT Student Union (Edquist and Grierson, 2008, p. 72)

Published Resources

Books

  • 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. Details

Images

Title
Latrobe Street - Building 2 & Foresters Hall - Buildings - General Campus and Aerial
Type
Image
Date
c. 1965
Control
Item no. PH2.2.051:01, Series S0462
Source
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

Details

Title
Latrobe Street Foresters Hall & Building 2 - Buildings - General Campus and Aerial
Type
Image
Date
c. 1977
Control
Item no. PH2.2.101, Series S0462
Source
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University Archives

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.