Maud Street

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Maud Street is a minor street running east-west between Burke Road and Balwyn Road in the suburb of North Balwyn.

Etymology

The western section between Corhampton Road and Buchanan Avenue was previously named Muirhead Street. The eastern section between Buchanan Avenue and Balwyn Road was previously named Stewart Street or Steward Road.

History

Maud Street was built in stages between the 1880s and 1920s. It was possibly first begun at its western end in 1888 as part of the Queen's Park Estate and built up to Corhampton Road after the initial sales of the Dacre Estate in 1887.

The eastern section from Severn Street (previously Grenville Street) to Buchanan Avenue was created in 1913 as part of the Tramway Estate. This was a 69 acre subdivision of the original estate in the area but took some years before it became fully developed. This section was named Muirhead Street. [1][2]

The final section from Buchanan Avenue to Balwyn Road was built in 1926.[2][3]

A bus route formerly operated along Maud Street in the 1940s, turning left from Houghton Street to join Doncaster Road.[4]

Notable residents

  • Artist John Brack lived at 33 Maud Street from 1952 to 1962. Several of his paintings of the time are of the local area.

Notable buildings

  • 19-33a Maud Street and 28-34a Maud Street - heritage maisonette houses built in the 1930s as part of the Tramway Estate
  • 33 Maud Street - residence of artist John Brack from 1952 to 1962
  • 53 Maud Street - home designed for J Reider by Frederic Rosembaum in 1950
  • 90 Maud Street - original 1950s building for the North Balwyn Maternal and Child Health Centre
  • 91 Maud Street - heritage-listed home built to a design of the State Bank Department in 1940 by J. G. White Builders[5]
  • 92 Maud Street - Merrell Kindergarten
  • 94 Maud Street - Balwyn North Primary School
  • 133 Maud Street - one of the few examples of 1940s/1950s flats in North Balwyn

References

  1. City of Boroondara. Balwyn and Balwyn North Heritage Study. July 2013. https://boroondara.vic.gov.au/-/media/Files/Your%20Council/Building%20and%20planning/Heritage/balwyn%20and%20balwyn%20north%20heritage%20study/Balwyn-REPORT-V5-pdf, accessed: 2 February 2017
  2. 2.0 2.1 Morgan's Street Directory. 1925. pp.69-70.
  3. Morgan's Street Directory. 1927. pp.69-70.
  4. Morgan's Street Directory. 1946. Map 72.
  5. Lovell Chen. Boroondara Heritage Review B Graded Buildings. Boroondara City Council. 2005. http://images.heritage.vic.gov.au/attachment/31686, accessed 15 April 2021