Temperance Hotel part Eastern Arcade, later Sumsion joiner, and shopfitter, 124-126 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Temperance Hotel part Eastern Arcade, later Sumsion joiner, and shopfitter, 124-126 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 503057
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1872-;ASSOCIATIONS: H. A. Crawford etc.;DESIGNER: George R. Johnson;BUILDER: George CornwellPeriod: VictorianSign 1985: The Reef Restaurant_______________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 76, Page 28;___________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX38128 Watts, Thomas; VIC Shopping Centres 1876 12 29 -Tender wanted for painting interior of Eastern Arcade.Argus 29.12.1876, p 2, 131-135 Bourke St___________________________STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA1872THE EASTERN ARCADE, BOURKE-STREET. [picture]http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/2415181877 View of the Eastern Arcade, Bourke Street, Melbourne. [picture]http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/423351880- Fire in the Eastern Arcade. [picture]http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab379451880 Birds Eye viewhttps://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/156d4cp/alma9917612223607636___________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIASeries 1, Map 51888141-143 Eastern arcade -`Franz Fruiterer' 141, adjoining C Meckiff Temperance Hotel to west at 139, 2 storey masonry with central arcade entry ground level-large Eastern Market complex on east side,1910-128 `Franz Fruiterer' adjoining Temperance Hotel on east, Southern part Eastern Arcade (overwritten with Clauscens) 2 storey masonry with central arcade entry ground level___________________________CITYSCOPEMAP 32Property 20 - extends to 131-135 Bourke St20: To Bourke Street, a 3-storey building used as the "Shopper's Paradise" retail area - to Little Coliins Street, The Reef restaurant in a 2-storey building. Built in 1926, traded at $625,000 in April, 1969. Bourke St frontage 66ft (20.1m); Lt Collins St frontage 68ft /20.7m); area 21,650 SQ ft (2,012m2!.___________________________VICTORIA HERITAGE DATABASENational Trust of Australia (Vic)Statement of SignificanceThe former Eastern Arcade, originally built in 1872 and converted into large shop floors in 1926, with a facade dating from 1894 designed by Hyndman & Bates, is of State significance for architectural and historical reasons.Architecturally, the facade is the best example of the 19th century Moghul style in Melbourne, an exotic architectural treatment that was used very rarely. The horse-shoe arcading of the first floor, the large pointed horsehoe arch of the second floor verandah, and the delicate curvilinear patterned top frieze are the most notable features. The upper level of the Little Collins Street facade survives from the 1872 arcade, as does the general form of the building.Historically, the building was one of the grand arcades of Melbourne, with two levels of shops, stretching a whole city block. The site was previously occupied by the Haymarket theatre, a grand but short lived venue built in 1862 by the entrepreneurial George Coppin It burnt to the ground in 1871.Classified: 04/09/2000Demolished: June 2008___________________________
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