Built in 1888 as the North Carlton railway station on the now defunct Inner Circle Line, this building is now a neighbourhood house. The Inner Circle Line operated as a suburban passenger line from 1888 until 1948, and beyond that as a freight line. It ran from Royal Park station on the Upfield Line, due east across the northern end of North Carlton and North Fitzroy to Rushall station on the Epping Line. After the passenger line closed in 1948, the station was converted to a house for a railway worker and his family, and later became vacant and derelict. In the early 1970s, plans to use the railway land on which it sat for warehouses and other industrial purposes were thwarted by local residents who, supported by trade unions, ran a successful campaign to have it converted into a park for community use. With the conversion to park land underway, local community groups began working to have the old railway building turned into a community centre. Today the building has been fully renovated and now functions as the North Carlton Railway Neighbourhood House, hosting a diverse range of activities from cooking to choirs to children's parties.
by cchg on Sept. 28, 2018
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