Crouch and Wilson was an

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based in

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in the late nineteenth century. The partnership, between

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n-born Thomas Crouch and recently arrived

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er Ralph Wilson, commenced in 1857 in Elizabeth Street. The firm designed numerous prominent Melbourne buildings including many

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and

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churches. After the deaths of the partners in the late 1880s, their sons continued on with the business until its closure in 1916.

Selected works

Prahran Town Hall Prahran ( , also colloquially or ), is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a population ...

, Chapel Street, Prahran,1861 *Longerenong Homestead, Longerenong, Victoria, 1862 * Durham Street Methodist Church,

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, 1864 *Victorian School for the Deaf,

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, 1866-71 *

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, St Kilda Road, 1868 *Wesleyan Methodist Church, 209 Davey St, Hobart, 1870 *Chinese Mission Church, Little Bourke Street,1872 *Hawksburn Primary School, Malvern Road, Hawksburn, 1874 *Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Hawthorn, 1867. * Colombo Street Methodist Church, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1877 (demolished) * East Melbourne Synagogue, 1877 * Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, 1882 *The Homeopathic Hospital (later Prince Henry's Hospital), St Kilda Road, (demolished),1882-4

Gallery

File:Prahran city hall and police station.jpg , Prahran Town Hall File:St Kilda Rd.- RVIB (Ormond Hall).jpg, College for the Blind File:Victoria College For The Deaf Dec 2013.jpg, College for the Deaf File:Chinese Mission Church, Little Collins Street.jpg, Chinese Mission Church File:Durham Street Methodist Church 2006.jpg, Durham Street Methodist Church File:Sydenham_stone_church.jpg, Colombo Street Methodist Church File:East Mealbourne Synagogue.JPG , East Melbourne Synagogue File:StateLibQld 1 107556 Front view of the Union Bank, Brisbane, ca. 1878.jpg, Union Bank, Brisbane

References

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