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Printcraft House, 428-432 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 105867

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________IMAGE: https://flic.kr/p/2nrqDooPeriod: InterwarDATE: 1923;ASSOCIATIONS: Brown, Prior & Co printers;DESIGNER: Gawler & Drummond;.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWHO1346Former Printcraft House 428-432 Little Bourke Street(1923)Architect: Gawler & Drummond· Historically significant for its association with Brown Prior & Co printers and bookbinders and as a remnant of printing industry buildings located near the Argus Building.· Significant as representative of early interwar low scale warehouse/factory buildings of simple utilitarian character, constructed as a component of industrial expansion during this period..Former Printcraft House, 428-432 Little Bourke Street, 1923 (Recommended as significant in the Hoddle Grid Heritage Review)428-432 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, formerly Printcraft House, was built in 1923 for the Melbourne firm of printers, Brown, Prior & Co, who operated their printing and bookbinding business there for more than 40 years, 1923-66. The four-storey factory/warehouse building was built to a design by architects Gawler & Drummond. In 1966 it was converted to offices

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesFederation/Edwardian stylePrinting industryOffices

Places:

Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1253380