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Russell House, later Bushells Pty Ltd, 452-460 Flinders Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Russell House, later Bushells Pty Ltd, 452-460 Flinders Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 103998
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
Part of:
Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021-2:Period: Inter-War;DATE: 1922-3, 1938 renovation;ASSOCIATIONS: Russell, George Pty Ltd. iron merchants & hardware importers 1922, Bushells Pty Ltd. tea merchants;DESIGNER: Tompkins, H W & F B 1922;BUILDER: Hansen & Yuncken 1922__________________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORMCITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349574-001481922 April 4061 ₤40,000 Erection of factory 454-460 Flinders St at Customs Lane for George Russell Pty Ltd.;1923 July office partitions1924 Jan Erection of name board…1938 March 1915 alts to building etcNEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1922https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243647387…MELBOURNE'S GROWTH TRANSFORMING THE CITY NEW BUILDINGS FOR OLDThe projected bridge across the Yarra, either at Spencer street or King street, is having a hardening effect on land values in the street at the western end. Old buildings are disappearing and giving place to modern structures. A new building is in course of erection for Geo. Russell Pty. Ltd. iron and steel merchants. It is to be six stories high, having a frontage of 00 ft. to Flinders street. This building will ultimately be carried right back to Flinders lane.1923The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Tuesday 27 March 1923 - Page 7https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1885908/473754NEW BUILDINGS IN FLINDERS STREET illust.Flinders street west is a centre of considerable building activity at present The seven-story building on the left is the new warehouse of Geo. Russell Pty. Ltd., photographed from the railway viaduct.1924Shot Exchanged BURGLARS AND CARETAKER MEET. MELBOURNE, Wednesday.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1121024411938The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Wednesday 5 January 1938 - Page 2https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11137746Bushells Pty Ltd. Tea merchants buy building for ₤50000…Russell House is a modem brick and concrete building occupying the full front age to Flinders street. The basement and six floors contain about 50,000 square feet of floor space. On the Flinders lane front age the buildings comprise three-story and single story brick and bluestone stores.Bushells Limited will occupy the whole in of Russell House, using the ground that for a showroom, the second floor for offices, and the remainder of the building for tea blending and packing and coffee roasting..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1930Customs House la454-460—RUSSELL HOUSE-454-460 Russell, Geo., Ltd, iron merchs & hrdwre importers454-460 Arkell & Douglas, inc, indent & cm agts454-460 Gourock Ropework Export Co Ltd, ropemakers454-460 Davis, Lancaster & Co, prod mers & corn454-460 Sample & Wilson Pty Ltd, mnfrs' agnts454-460 Morton, B. K., Pty Ltd, mnfrs' rep454-460 Thomson, J. 0., public accountant454-460 Kirkwood, Jno., produce merchant454-460 Symons & Greig, agents & importers454-460 Beehive Knitting Machine Co, kntg mchns454-460 Foster, L. J., & Co, knit mills supplies454-460 Hodgson & Co Ltd, importers454-460 Hodgson's Dye Agencies Ltd, dyes454-460 Brophy, Foley & Co, produce merchants454-460 Cape11 & Co, sack merchants454-460 Verey & Cross, tailors454-460 Victorian Egg Pool & Exports Co454-460 Lamb, H. J., & Son, shipping agents454-460 Willmott, Prisk & Co Ltd, mnfrs' agnts & importers454-460 Maddison, P., caretaker1942452-460 Bushells Pty Ltd. tea merchants
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Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesInterwar period
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1209481
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