W. Kirkham Building, 300 Russell Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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W. Kirkham Building, 300 Russell Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 108567
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________Period: Inter-WarDATE: 1925;ASSOCIATIONS: Kirkham, W;DESIGNER: Ruck, E.J. and C.L.;BUILDER: Wright, J S.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 77, page 69_________________________________________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)W. KirkhamAddress 300 Russell StreetDate Built 1925Original UseFactoryPresent UseShop and warehouseIntactnessGround floor shop window replaced, ground floor façade painted. Otherwise facade is intact.Construction Materials3 storey, brick walls (stucco to façade), reinforced concrete floor..HistoricalAn earlier single storey building on the site occupied from 1851 (1} had many uses including hay and corn store and upholstery and bedding factory. Thompson and Kirkham moved in c. 1907 (2) and Kirkham was there alone after 1914 (3).2 Architectural2.1 In 1923 the original, single storey builder was extended by 10' (4). The present building was completed by 1925 (5).Footnotes(1) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1851.(2 ) M. C.. C.. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, .1907 ..(3) M.C..C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1914.(4) M.C .C.. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1923.( 5) M.C . C.. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1925 .._________________________________________MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVESWorkshop, warehouse and premises of R. G. Kirkham-22 Latrobe Parade.https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/70226Workshop, warehouse and premises of R. G. Kirkham, high class cabinet makers. Built by C. Langford in 1903. Located at 22 Latrobe Parade._________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1118c.1851 - single storey building used as hay & corn store, upholstery and bedding factory.1866 map shows buildings along Russell Street frontage.1905 - 1 & 2 storey building, W Kirkham, Woodturner._________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWIdentified in a previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985, Central City Heritage Review, 1993)Date of construction: 1925Explanation for exclusion:Comparable with Contributory places in a precinct.Does not warrant individual Heritage Overlay_________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1911 Advert:Ladies Ladies…Why pay more when you can secure a LA MASKOTT TOROHON LACE LOOM, with Instruction Book, PATTERNS. BOBBINS and THREAD, .….RECCOMENDED by ALL CLASSES to be the Best and Cheapest Loom manufactured…THOMPSON and KIRKHAM, Manufacturing_________________________________________
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