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Australian Mortgage Agency Co Ltd store, later part Spencer Motel, 578-584 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Australian Mortgage Agency Co Ltd store, later part Spencer Motel, 578-584 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 103961 1
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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UnrestrictedOpen access.
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:DATE: 1885-6;ASSOCIATIONS:Australian Mortgage Agency Co Ltd wool brokers;Victorian Producers CooperativeDESIGNER: White, F M;BUILDER: Mitchell, David - Burnley St Richmond.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM source 85 L. Wilson & Associates, 'Report on Central Business District Block 6, (Melbourne) 2 Vols, 1976 , page 124;Wilson & Associates, 'Report on Central Business District Block 6, (Melbourne) 2 Vols, 1976 , page 124City of Melbourne municipal rate books cited 1886 date, `4 storey brick store' ...`little evidence of origina building remains'1877 Dove Plan shows vacant land1880 panoram group of single stroey buildings1884-5 Municipal rate books [RB] has brick and wood skin sheds, two flats1886 brick store 4 flats1888 Mahlstedt 4 storey buildingRetention `not warranted'.'LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 76437 MCC registration no 1596 [Burchett Index]. 30/ 06/ 1885 Fee 3.10.0 four-storey store Flinders Lane west - near SpencerArchitect: White, F M; Owner Australian Mortgage Agency Co Ltd; Builder Mitchell, David - Burnley St RichmondMAHLSTEDT AND GEE 1888. STANDARD PLANS OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNEplan book compiled by Mahlstedt and Gee, surveyors and draughtsmen, Melbourne and Sydney, January 1888.`Grain Store' 4 levels, 53'9' frontageDE GRUCHY & LEIGH, 1866. ISOMETRICAL PLAN OF MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS IN 1866shown as smaller building of 2 storeysDOVE, H P. 1876. PLANS OF MELBOURNE: EXECUTED FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.Vacant land adjoining Hastings Cunningham 3 storey masonry 22'frontagee.MAHLSTEDT AND GEE 1888. STANDARD PLANS OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNEplan book compiled by Mahlstedt and Gee, surveyors and draughtsmen, Melbourne and Sydney, January 1888.shown as 4 storeys `Grain Store' 53' 9 inches, vacant land adjoining on west 82' frontage..MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA1910 Victorian Producers Cooperative 5 storeys no basement, hardwood columns and floors, sawtooth roof, iron roof support (adjoining Purchas & Teague's 5 storey steel framed Corden & Co buildinG etc.).MELBOURNE ROLL PLAN 12 (Bibb’s Map )Map of Melbourne c1856- smaller building shown as blue or stone.HERITAGE PLACES INVENTORY 2021 H7822-17801837 - garden. 1877 - unoccupied land. 1880 - one small building. 1888 - four storey building, grain store. 1905 - four storey building, Wool, Tallow & Grain Store.STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIACooke, AC 1871 birds eye view: vacant land with timbers stacked thereon adjoining smaller 2 storey gabled building.Cooke, AC 1882 birds eye view: vacant land with timbers stacked thereon adjoining 4 storey pedimented warehouse.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1919 THE VICTORIAN PRODUCERS CO-OPERATIVE CITY OF YARRA. LTD.-STORY OF REMARKABLE PROGRESS. A GREAT AND EXPANDING ENTERPRISE.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223601948.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893576 Australasian Mortgage & Agency Co Ltd, storesMcGreevy, John, caretakerSpencer st
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Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studies
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1209141
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