Brunswick Baths is a
Victorian Heritage Register
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listed building in
Brunswick, an inner-city suburb of
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
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The building was designed in 1913 by architecture firm
Peck & Kemter
A peck is an imperial and United States customary unit of dry volume, equivalent to 2 dry gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. An imperial peck is equivalent to 9.09 liters and a US customary peck is equivalent to 8.81 liters. Two peck ...
and built in 1914.
Peck & Kemter also designed the "Ryder Stand" at
Victoria Park, the former home ground of the
Collingwood Football Club
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.
The Baths were renovated in 1927
and again between 2011 and 2013.
References
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Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
Swimming venues in Australia
Public baths in Australia
Buildings and structures in the City of Merri-bek
Buildings and structures completed in 1914
1914 establishments in Australia
Sport in the City of Merri-bek