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Cheock Hong Cheong's factory also Yuen Bow & Co furniture makers, Atlas Trading Co baby carriage makers, 46-50 La Trobe Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

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Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 105495

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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

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Graphic materialsTextual material

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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:__________________________________________________Period: EdwardianDATE: 1915;ASSOCIATIONS: Cheock Hong Cheong;DESIGNER: Webb, R G; BUILDER: Stahl Bros.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 77, p47;.DARYL JACKSON EVAN WALKER ARCHITECTS PTY. LTD 1976 FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL; MELBOURNE: THE AREA BOUNDED BY VICTORIA, SPRING, LONSDALE AND SWANSTON STS (source 77)Building Name Reference G8Address 40-44 Latrobe Street DateBuilt 1915 …Original Use ShopsPresent UseVacantAwardsIntactnessFacade intact apart from minor alteration of ground floor openings. Extensive additions at rear. Interior intact apart from minor partitions etc. but in poor state of repair.Construction MaterialsThree storey building. Brick walls. Timber floor and roof framing.Historical Basis NoneOther ReferencesStreetscape No. 5RecommendationNot to be included on Historic Buildings Register but protected by planning controls.1 HistoricalThe site was previously occupied by Frederick Geornemann, a coachbuilder, who had timber and iron workshops there (1). The present building was built for Cheock Hong Cheong in 1915 (2) and first occupied by J. Cheong and the Atlas Trading Co. (3). By the 1920's, the buildings were being used as the Victorian Headquarters of the Red Cross. (4)2 Architectural2.1Built in 1915 and described as "brick stores, measuring 20’ by 165' (2).Footnotes(1) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1914.(2) M. C. C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1915.(3) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1916.(4) Sands and McDougall Directory, 1922.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-21391905 - 2 storey building.LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Records for Hong Cheong73205 Barnet, N; Cheong, C H Melbourne VIC Houses; Shops Atkinson, John W - 87 Church St Richmond 1903 11 5 9153, MCC registration no 9153 [Burchett Index]. Fee 5.0.0two shops & dwellings, Little Bourke & Market Lane77054 Web & Nettle; Cheok Hong Cheong Melbourne VIC Factories Kinsman Bros - 31 Mayfield St Coburg 1908 01 31 725, MCC registration no 725 [Burchett Index]. Fee 2.2.0brick factory, Latrobe - 56 -77064 Webb, R G; Cheong Hong Cheong Melbourne VIC Factories Stahl Bros - Hopetoun Ave Brunswick 1914 07 14 5066 - MCC registration no 5066 [Burchett Index]. Fee 5.0.0two 3-storey brick factories, Latrobe St.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1891https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150605761An interesting lecture was given in the Aberdeen-street Baptist Sunday school last evening by Mr Cheock Hong Cheong, dealing with China as a iield for missionary Labors…1897https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65823562HASTINGS.The Rev' Cheock Hong Cheong, the Chinese Orator, gave a lecture on China,...`The Age' 3 Feb 2015 sale 42-46, with 48-50

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City of Melbourne

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesFederation/Edwardian styleBrick1910-1919

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Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1249561