Greeves Street, Fitzroy

By J. McKeagney

The stretch of Greeves Street, Fitzroy from Brunswick Street to Mahoney Street is one of the most intact and homogeneous Victorian streetscapes in Fitzroy.

Built by Alfred Kursteiner in 1870-71, the houses reflect the restrained Classicism of pre-Boom Victorian architecture. This complex comprises 30 single storey houses on both the north and south sides of Greeves Street with two storey houses at all four corners of the intersection of Greeves and Fitzroy Streets and two further two storey houses at the intersection of Greeves and Mahoney Streets.

The house exteriors remain largely intact except for the removal of urns and pediment decorations. These can still be seen in the 1959 photographs.

Black and White photograph 1: photographer Alan Jordan c. 1970, State Library Victoria Picture Collection.
Black and White photographs 2-4, John Lockyer O’Brien Collection, photographer John L. O’Brien c.1959