Ham's shop and residence row, later Stop Restaurant Nite Club, 243-245 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Ham's shop and residence row, later Stop Restaurant Nite Club, 243-245 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 109292
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________DATE: 1876;ASSOCIATIONS: C J and T Ham?;DESIGNER: William J. Ellis or Thomas Watts?;Period: Victorian___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM_______________________________________City of Melbourne online maps3 storey rendered brick building with gnd level retail. Built in the mid 1880's.shows enclosed upper level since 1985_______________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-12951866 - building on site1880 Panorama - large building (3 storeys).1888 - 3 storey building, Blair & Co....., Decorators_______________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:77699 Porter, John A Melbourne VIC Shops Sumner, Jas & Co - 8 Eades Place, West Melb 1876 08 7 6853?William J. Ellis, architect, 100 Elizabeth St. Tenders called for erection of two three-storey shops, Swanston Street.Argus 22.7.1876, p 3.(Record 77702 Han (sic), C & J - auctioneers Melbourne VIC Office Buildings Delbridge & Thomas - Melbourne 1876 11 28 7011, MCC registration no 7011 [Burchett Index]. Fee 4.0.0office buildingThos. Watts, archt.Tenders called for erecting auction room and offices, 45 Swanston Street, for Messrs C.J. and T. Ham.Argus 14.10.1876, p 10)_______________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIESMap 101888147-149 3 storey masonry with rear yard, J Gerson, fancy goods; L S Blair and Co, decorators; and A P Scott, bookseller1910243-249 3 storey masonry with rear yard and gsi clad rear wings, 247-9 Cassell and Company, 243-5 W Woodhead mantlepieces etc_______________________________________DOVE FIRE INSURANCE PLAN 1876Map 60 not at STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA_______________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWcontributory to Swanston Street North PrecinctVictorian buildingsVictorian era (1840-1900) buildings exist at 215-217, 239-241 and 243-249 Swanston Street. The two-and three-storey brick buildings reflect the common practice of the era whereby commercial premises were constructed to house retail outlets at ground level with residences and workspaces for the business-owners provided on floors above..The three-storey building at 243-249 Swanston Street (formerly 147 and 149 Swanston Street) was constructed in 1876. In February 1876 a fire broke out at a basket shop then addressed as 149 Swanston Street, and spread to adjacent properties at numbers 147 and 151-155. The shop at 149 Swanston Street was completely destroyed, and extensive damage was caused to the adjoining premises (Illustrated Australian News 23 February 1876:22). A new building was erected on the subject site in 1876, and in January 1877 'shops and showrooms' were advertised for lease at 147 and 149 (today's 243-249) Swanston Street by owners C J and T Ham (Argus 15 January 1877:8).In 1888, the building housed J Gerson, fancy goods; L S Blair and Co, decorators; and A P Scott, bookseller (Mahlstedt Map no 8, 1888) (Figure 4).Figure 4. A view of the west side of Swanston Street, between Little Bourke and Lonsdale streets, c1930-40, showing, in rectangle from left, 237 Swanston Street; T Roper Surgical Appliances 239-241 Swanston Street; Arthur J. Veall's Electrical Radio Stores 243-249 Swanston Street; Langsford Personality Clothes 251-253 Swanston Street, and Cole's Book Arcade 255 Swanston Street. (Source: Crothers c1930-1940, STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA ) ….243-249 Swanston Street is an eight-bayed Victorian commercial building of three floors with an articulated classical revival front. It survives in its entirety behind a first-floor glazed balcony. The two floors of arch-headed windows are framed with mouldings, keystones and string courses. A simple parapet with string mouldings has a central circular motif that also survives (Figures 4 and Figure 12).Figure 11. 243-249 Swanston Street with its added glazed balcony. (Source: Context 2017)…The glazed balcony at 243-249 Swanston Street is an alteration that appears reversible and would benefit the street frontage of this impressive building._______________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1877MESSRS. C. J- AND T. HAM'S NEW PREMISES,Improvements from time to time appear id the architecture of the streets of the city, as buildings which bear witness to the narrowness of the wants of 25 or 30 years ago give place one by one to edifices worthy of the enlarged requirements of to-day. The latest addition to the list of new places of business are the premises of Messrs. C. J. and T. Ham, land and estate agents, at 45 Swanston street, which were opened on Wednesday by a luncheon given by the firm to about 150 gentlemen, representatives of the commercial community, and prominent citizens.The buildings have a frontage to Swanston-street of 28ft., and a depth of 60ft. The ground floor is principally occupied by a spacious auction-room, which has been handsomely fitted up with polished Huon pine. The front is in the Italian style, and has a total height from the pavement of about 50ft Bricks, with a cement face, are the materials used chiefly in the erection of the building. Mr. Watts was the architect, and the works, which cost about £4.000, were carried out by Messrs. Delbridge and Thomas, contractors._________________________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALLSands & McDougall Directory of Victoria1893241 Sunderland & Burbank, warehousemen243 Scott, A. 13., secondhand bookseller247 Gerson , Jacob , importer general merchandise249 Blair , L. S., & Co, glass merchants1925239-241 Roper, T., surgcl instrument mkr243-5 Woodhead, W., Pty Ltd, mantlepiece mfr247 Veall, Arth. J., elec & radio supplies
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