Champion's later F Bulley and Co factory, warehouse, 54-56 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Champion's later F Bulley and Co factory, warehouse, 54-56 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 500383
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1916;ASSOCIATIONS: Champion, Alfred;DESIGNER: Champion, H.V. & A?;BUILDER: Clements LangfordPeriod: Edwardian_____________________RBA Architects,2013, City North Heritage ReviewWhat is Significant?The three storey factory in particular the original entry door and windows.How is it Significant??The former factory is of historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Melbourne.Why is it Significant??Built in 19916, the former factory is historically significant as being representative of the former light industrial development in this part of the city which previously accounted for a considerable part of the land use and which now is only evident in some of the remnant building fabric. . (AHC Criterion A4)The former factory is of representative aesthetic significance as a largely intact factory building from the late Federation period. The combination of finishes -- red brick and d simply detailed areas of stucco/render – are indicative of the period. Elements of note include the retention of the original entry door and original windows to the upper levels. (AHC Criterion D2)___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM___________________________City of MelbourneLIBRARY ARCHIVEhttps://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ARCENQ?SETLVL=&RNI=1266992__________________________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndexAug 1916 281 £2350 Erection of factory etc- one page file.Owner: Alfred ChampionCITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION file stored with drawings in roll: Owner: Alfred Champion of Queen St, Builder: Clements Langford_________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Champion Records:1505 Champion, AlfredAlfred Champion, ARVIAChampion died 31.8.1913Born 21.11.1873. Educated in Melbourne & articled to late Peter Matthews, left Vic during "depression" and worked in Perth and Fremantle, W A with Mr Talbot Hobbs and others. Upon returning, became partner with his brother, engineer H V Champion. Buildings include "Herald" building in Russell St; Malt store & Brewery, Carlton; Civil Service stores in Flinders St; Roycroft's Buildings; Massina's Warehouse & shops in Swanston St, and others. Royal Victorian Institute of Architects Journal Sept 1913 p 2041506 Champion, Alfred 1895 11 26Mr Alfred Champion wins RVIA comp. for class of "Junior Design for Shire Hall"RVIA Minutes of Institute 1890-1905 p 1491507 Champion, Alfred: 1906 Alfd. Champion, ARVIA, architect, 87 Queen St Melb1906 Directory1508 Champion, Alfred; 1913 8 31 Alfred Champion died.Royal Victorian Institute of Architects Journal Sep 1913, p 20413046 Champion, Alfred; Rumbell, Mathew Carlton VIC Factories; Warehouses Rumbell, Mathew 12833545 Champion, Alfred; VIC Factories; Office Buildings40194 Champion, Alfred; VIC Shops Alfred ChampionWorks include Civil Service Stores in Flinders St.Royal Victorian Institute of Architects Journal, Sep 1913, p 20445529 Champion, Alfred; VIC Shops; WarehousesAlfred CHAMPIONWorks include Massina's Warehouse & shops in Swanston StRoyal Victorian Institute of Architects Journal Sept 1913 p 204__________________________________________________RBA Architects, 2013, City North Heritage Reviewhttps://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/city-north-heritage-review3.pdfcites;Township Plan, Melbourne North M314(10)The Argus, 4 September 1854, p 3, 4 February 1867, p3, 5 Occtober 1946, p46Sands & McDougall Directory of VictoriaMMBW plan 25 (1894)Building Application, no. 281: VPRS 11,200/P1/U Unit 41 and VPRS S 11,201/P1/Unit 3HistoryBy 1854 John Colgin was operating as an undertaker at the site.2 He was also listed as an undertaker in 18577, however during the early 1860s his profession was not identified in the directories. By 1866, the site was listed as Collgin's Hotel, too Thomas Burke.3 In the following year, Burke sold the site and nine brick and stone cottages in Colgin Place directly to the east (now demolished).44 The name of the hotel changed a few times during the course of the late 19th century from the Rose of Melbourne (late 1860s-early 1870s), to the Derby Hotel (m id-1870s), then to the Swan Hotel (1880), the Albion Brigade Hotel (1885), and finally the Fire Brigade Hotel (1890s).5 The 1894 MMBW plan reveals that the Fire Brigade Hotel was a masonry building with a horse trough to the front pavement. The front wing extended the width of the block and included a cellar. To the rear were a narrower wing and three small closets in the north-east c corner.6In December 1916 an application to construct the extant factory building was made. The owner was Alfred Champion and the works were undertaken by Clements Langford of Richmond for £2350.7The original drawings show that two windows with a large fixed pane and two smaller panes above were proposed for the ground floor façade and that the windows to the east elevation were too have lintels rather than segmental arches.Subsequent occupants have included boot manufacturer, F. Bulley & Co., who were operating at the site during the mid1940s.8 They continued to occupy the building into the mid-1980s.9__________________________________________________Google Maps 2019Shows large new development__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1906https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209227828`THE TARIFF COMMISSION.FURTHER EVIDENCE.TENTS, CANVAS, AND TIMBERS.MELBOURNE,...Mr Alfred Champion, tent manufacturer and importer, Queen street, gave evidence with reference to tents, tarpaulins, sails, and flags. Sail or any canvas, 24 inches wide, which was used principally by ships, which might only visit here twice a year, was admitted free, while canvas of the same quality over 24 inches wide, which was chiefly used by farmers, was charged 5 per cent..1911https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242229152CROSSED THE BAR MRS. ELIZABETH CHAMPION.Mrs Elizabeth Champion, n very old and well-known resident of Melbourne, has died at the age of 78 yearn. The deceased was born on October 2, 1832, at St. Hellers, Jersey. She came to Australia in the Lightning,, a sailing snip, In 1856. On June 24, 1857, she married Mr Benjamin Champion, who was then a storekeeper at Moonee Ponds, Shortly afterwards Mr and Mrs Champion moved to the Prince Patrick Hotel, corner of Exhibition and Latrobe streets, and two or three years later come to the Queen's Arms Hotel, at the corner of Swanston street and Flinders Lane.That was over 50 years ago, and the two-storied brick building has in recent years given place to a fine structure of several stories. Since her husband's death' on Juno 23, 1887, Mrs Champion carried on the hotel with the assistance of members of the family. For some years Mr W. Champion has -been managing the business, and other sons are Messrs H. V. Champion, M.C.E.,C A, Champion (Town Hall Hotel), John Champion (chemist, of Richmond), Dr. Edward Champion (of Ballarat), Benjamin Champion, brewer's traveller). Joseph Champion (solicitor, Minyip), and Alfred Champion (architect, of Melbourne).Two of the three daughters are married. Mrs Champion, who was known to very many prominent men in the city, has been ailing for some time past, and death occurred at 10.15 o'clock last night. The funeral will leave the Queen's Arms Hotel at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. The remains will be interred in the family vault in the Church of England portion of the Melbourne General Cemetery.
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