Goldsbrough's warehouse, later Holyman House, 390-398 Flinders Street & 2-6 Market Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Goldsbrough's warehouse, later Holyman House, 390-398 Flinders Street & 2-6 Market Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 104001
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:Period: Early VictorianDATE: 1858; ASSOCIATIONS:Goldsbrough, Richard;Connell, Hogarth & Co;Lachlan McBear;Holyman, Wm. & Sons, Pty Ltd, shipping company;AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS PTY LTD.DESIGNER: Gill, John;BUILDER: Thomas & Griffiths ..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites REID, KEITH & JOHN R, 1976, MELBOURNE CBD STUDY AREA 7 (source 80),p57;Building Permit Application 1103;`Victoria Illustrated': 76.REID, KEITH & JOHN R, 1976, MELBOURNE CBD STUDY AREA 7Originally 3 storey stone store erected for Richard Goldsbrough…`essential for retention'.1881 occupied by Connell & Co1888-90 owned by Lachlan McBear, occupied by Connell & Co1900 owned by McBear estate, occupied by Groves & McVitty.Biography of R Goldsbrough.`.….Richard Goldsbrough was born in 1821 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England. He apparently arrived in Melbourne in 1848 and Commenced business as Richard Goldsbrough & Co. in a small, rented, weatherboard building at the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane.By 1853 he formed an association with Edward Row and George Kirk and he developed an interest in squatting and bought properties in the Riverina. His brother-in-law, Hugh Parker, also obtained an interest in the firm. Richard Goldsbrough was also successful with his land investments, but returned to devoting his exclusive attention to wool broking. Business was so good that he purchased J. Bakewell & Co.'s premises on the opposite earner of Market Square, where he erected bluestone stores now in the occupation of Connell, Hogarth & Co. (5) Connell (Hogarth) and Co., were well known merchants and importers.John Connell commenced business in 1853, joined by William Hogarth and even established an agency in England. They had a 'magnificent' premises in Flinders lane which was destroyed by fire 1873, and stock lost amounted to ₤60,000. The firm then leased Holyman House `facing the Falls bridge’, in 1874.1862 was the year that Goldsbrough commenced his extensive bluestone warehouse at the corner of Bourke and William Streets. (Refer: 514-526 Bourke Street.) In 1873 John Sutcliffe Horsefall became a partner in the firm.Goldsbrough's name was a household word in the colonies. He never entered public life, but always assisted in promoting projects for the welfare of public or pastoral interests. His business took on colossal proportions in the wool and also traded in grain, hides, tallow and skins.Goldsbrough died in 1886 and the main warehouse at 514-526 Bourke Street was bought freehold by the highly respected Sydney wool broking firm of Mort and Co.With the amalgamation of these two large enterprises, the firm became the head of all wool houses in the world. 'Holyman House still exists as the first building venture of one of the first and apparently highly respected of Melbourne’s colonial businessmen who developed an enterprise of world repute.The original interior is no longer recognisable, as new concrete floors, stairs, brick partitions and roof structure have been inserted within the shell.LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEXRecord 72976 Gill, John; Goldsborough, Richard Melbourne VIC Warehouses Thomas & Griffiths - 150 Little Collins St 1857 12 28 1103.HERITAGE BRANCH, MINISTRY FOR PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT 1987 CITY OF MELBOURNE CENTRAL CITY NOTABLE BUILDINGS CITATIONSA three-storey Classical bluestone warehouse built in 1858 for Richard Goldsborough and designed by the early Melbourne architect John Gill. It is a significant example of Gill's work and for its association with the founder of Goldsborough Mor, one of Australia's largest pastoral companies.(nominated to VICTORIA HERITAGE REGISTER ).VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-18682nd land sale, Allotment 5, F R D'Arcy. Subdivisions, lanes by 1840. Current building constructed 1858 for R Goldsborough.1877 - 3 storey building: Connell & Hogarth1888 - 3 storey building: Connell, Hogarth & Co., Wine & Spirit Merchants.1905 - 3 storey building: Groves, McVitty & Co..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1930392 Smyth, Miss Kitty, tobacconist392-398 Rigg, N., timber & hardware merchant392-398 Lucas, Jno., billiard saloon396-398 Raff Bros, restaurantMarket st.1942390-398 HOLYMAN HOUSE—AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS PTY LTD390-398 Capt. I. N. Holyman, managing director390-398 Holyman, Wm. & Sons, Pty Ltd, shipping company.
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