[5] Many streets in the area derive their names from characters in the Sir Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe.

As of March 2022, the heritage-listed Queen Anne-style building located in Studley Road has remained untouched since, without repair or restoration.

The building features deeply recessed windows and doorways, a clock tower, main hall with seating accommodation for 1,000 people, laid with parquetry wood blocks, carpeted lounges, a full-size concert platform with dressing rooms, concealed lighting, a supper room, a large foyer, cloak rooms and a meeting-room or third hall behind the main hall.

[12] It was demolished and replaced on the same site next to the historic Town Hall with the Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub opening in 2021.

[14] The Yarra River forms the southern boundary of the suburb, with a golf course and a narrow riparian strip reserve.

The Ivanhoe shopping centre strip along Upper Heidelberg road is of local historical and social significance.

The state-of-the-art building includes a modern accessible library, an art gallery, conference and meeting spaces, maternal and child health consulting suits, an informal theatrette and a cafe.

Hatch Contemporary Arts Space is managed by Banyule City Council[17] but closed in early 2021.

The town hall is a classic 'art-deco' building on top of a hill, with a green neon clockface on a tower.

The Victorian State Government, through the Department of Education, closed Bellfield Primary School at 229 Banksia Street, Ivanhoe and sold the site to Banyule City Council in August 2013.