Cyclone House, 17-21 Hardware Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Cyclone House, 17-21 Hardware Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 104652
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:Period: Inter-WarDATE: 1930;ASSOCIATIONS: Cyclone Fence and Gate Company Pty. Ltd.;DESIGNER: Arthur W. Purnell. with Round and Graham;.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONhttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349574-004071930 March 12260 £4500 erection of building .....VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-14521880 - buildings along Hardware Street. 1888 & 1905 - part of Kirk's Horse Bazaar..MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIASection 1, Map 13, west side of lane1888,1910 site of Kirk's Bazaar1925 subdivision marked out- site vacant1948 Cyclone House Hardware St, 17-19, 3 storey masonry - all floors R. Concrete, gal iron roof -stairs and lift south side. Entry also from west in Kirks Lane.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wed 5 Mar 1930 Page 13'Cyclone House ' :New Hardware Street Building A notable addition to Hardware Street buildings will be the new showrooms and offices for the Cyclone Fence and Gate Coy. Pty. Ltd. Having a frontage of 40 feet to Hardware Street, 'Cyclone House' will be three storeys In height, and has been designed to allow for future additions. The lay-out is such as to secure the maximum amount of floor space. The premises will be occupied entirely by the company. The, show room, on the ground .floor, will be free of any obstructing columns, and the interior is to be carried out In a logical treatment of modern design. The- two upper floors will be occupied as offices, with strong rooms, etc. On the second floor will be luncheon rooms. cloak rooms and. other accommodation for the staff. An electric lift will connect all floors and will also serve the flat roof and future extensions. The main staircase will be wide and finished with a modern-designed wrought-Iron balustrading. The main facade will be treated in sandstone finished cement stucco, relieved with modelled terra cotta panels- and trim to entrance ' doors and show windows, over which will be fitted striped canvas awnings: a polished .. red granite base . is also provided for. The handsome en trance doors will be executed In copper, also the show,, window frames. Steel-framed windows will be used elsewhere. As the lift will carry up to the flat roof, advantage has been taken of treating the lift shaft and motor room in an architectural manner.The general construction throughout will be of reinforced concrete. The plans have been prepared by Messrs. Arthur W. Purnell. Round and Graham, architects and constructional engineers, U14 Collins street, Melbourne, with Mr. J. A. Laing, M.C.E., consultant. Tenders are now being invited for the carrying out of the work.Thirty years ago the Cyclone Woven Wire Fence Co. (as it was then known) began operations in a small factory in Franklin Street, Melbourne, the fence then marketed being woven on the posts by means of a portable hand-weaving ma chine. This was the first Introduction to Australia of the machine- woven fence. Shortly after the first 'Cyclone' fence was introduced the manufacture of tubular steel gates was undertaken, and from this point the business developed rapidly. Larger premises became necessary, and a large and well-equipped factory was built at the corner of Swanston and Franklin Streets. The business was formed into a company. Ornamental wire fabric fences were next manufactured followed later by the manufacture of wire cloth (fly wire. etc.). By this time the Swanston Street premises had proved Inadequate, and in 1924 it factory site of three acres at Abbotsford was purchased, and a large modern factory built thereon. At present there Is being installed at the Melbourne factory a complete electro-galvanising plant, for the production of wire cloth, galvanised after weaving, which is the latest practice in the manufacture of this article. Factories have also been established in New South Wales and south Australia.-The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Thu 23 May 1935 Page 13No Bid for Cyclone House No offer was received for Cyclone House, a three-story concrete building, at 17 Hardware street, which was submitted for auction by George a. Henderson Pty. Ltd, yesterday. The building will be offered for private sale.
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