City of Melbourne store, later part Denniston and Co clothing factory, 11-15 Duckboard Place, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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City of Melbourne store, later part Denniston and Co clothing factory, 11-15 Duckboard Place, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 110277
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________Period: Victorian_________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW.Statement of SignificanceWhat is significant?11-15 Duckboard Place, built c.1885-87 as part of the Corporation Yard for the City of Melbourne and subsequently used as a storage warehouse and manufacturing factory.Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):• The building’s original external form, materials and detailing;• The building’s high level of integrity to its original design; and• Pattern and size of original fenestration, including segmented arched windows with bluestone sills and timber sash windows.More recent alterations including a new door near the northern corner of the building is not significant.How it is significant?11-15 Duckboard Place is of local historic and representative significance to the City of Melbourne.Why it is significant?The building at 11-15 Duckboard Place is historically significant for its association with local government in the City of Melbourne from the late 1880s to 1906 and the manufacturing industry from the early 1920s. In c.1885-87, a corporation yard, including a store for council equipment and workshops for council staff, was constructed on the site for the Melbourne City Council. The current brick structure at 11-15 Duckboard Place is significant for its use as a warehouse/storage facility within the Corporation Yard, and as an early purpose-built local government building in the City of Melbourne 11-15 Duckboard Place is significant for its use as a manufacturing facility for the clothing and textile trade that was focussed in the Flinders Lane area. From the mid-1920s to the 1940s, the building was used by Denniston and Co Pty Ltd, clothing manufacturers, an industry that employed high numbers of women. (Criterion A)11-15 Duckboard Place is significant as one of the many warehouses and industrial buildings constructed in Melbourne in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that demonstrate Melbourne’s urban development pattern through to the 1940s. Built of traditional brick and of two storeys in scale with small windows, these warehouse buildings were once ubiquitous and still contribute to the human scale of the central city. The brick warehouse at 11-15 Duckboard Place is a notable example of the typology as expressed in its zero-lot setback, its laneway setting and its utilitarian two-storey form in red brick. 11-15 Duckboard Place is highly legible as small scale industrial building despite some changes to door and window openings. (Criterion D)Primary sourceHoddle Grid Heritage Review (Context & GJM Heritage, 2020)___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites Cityscope 40/68_______________________________________City of Melbourne online maps 2016Lee Ho Fook:A two storey brick mid-Victorian warehouse.Lee Ho Fook explores the vibrant cuisine of China using traditional cultural and culinary inspirations and modern techniques to deliver the unique brand of new style Chinese cuisine that is Lee Ho Fook.Hidden down Duckboard Place off Flinders Lane, Lee Ho Fook has moved from its birthplace in Smith Street, Collingwood.Sommelier Masa Nishimoto has crafted an accessible and vibrant wine list to accompany the modern Chinese style._______________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWcontributory to Flinders Lane East Heritage Precinct31-149 Flinders Lane, 11-15 Duckboard Place, 130-148 Flinders Street, 10-30 Oliver Lane, ACDC Lane, Higson Lane, Oliver Lane, Sargood Lane and Spark Lane and including the rearof 24-30 Russell Street· Historically significant as purpose-built Council store and workshops from the late 1880s to 1906 and for its use from the early 1920s-1940s as a manufacturing facility for the clothing and textile trade.· Significant as representative of a small scale industrial building in a laneway expressed in its zero-lot setback and utilitarian twostorey red brick form..It is believed that the land at 11-15 Duckboard Place came under the control of Melbourne City Council c1885 for use as its Corporation Yard and workshops. The current two-storey brick building at 11-15 Duckboard Place was erected c1885-87 at the rear of today's 91-93 Flinders Lane as a storage facility in association with the Corporation Yard. The Corporation Yard remained at the subject site until 1906 and the existing building was then addressed as part of 91-93 Flinders Lane after the Yard was relocated (S&Mc 1889-1906). The site was then occupied by Henry Henningsen, a Hawthorn builder, between 1906 and 1914 (S&Mc 1907-1915). Around this period, Henningsen erected a number of warehouses in Melbourne, including the three-storey brick warehouse built for P Warland Pty Ltd on the adjacent land at 87-89 Flinders Lane (Mahlstedt Map no 6, 1910).The property at 11-15 Duckboard Place was sold by the Melbourne City Council in 1920 (Argus 10 March 1920:3), and by the mid-1920s, had become an integral part of Denniston and Co clothing factory at 91-93 Flinders Lane, with a throughway built on the west elevation of 11-15 Duckboard Place (Mahlstedt Map no 6, 1925). The subject site is adjacent to a right of way, the current Duckboard Place, which was named in 1953 after Duckboard House, a clubhouse established for the South African Active Service Association at 91-93 Flinders Lane (Zhang 2008)….SITE HISTORYThe site of 11-15 Duckboard Place was part of the fourth Melbourne land sales in 1839. In 1877, it comprised a yard and shed (Fels, Lavelle & Mider 1993).In 1885, farmer James Thomson Wirk placed a public auction notice for land he owned (today’s 91 Flinders Lane and 11-15 Duckboard Place). The land, part of allotment 7, section 7, was described as ‘having a frontage of 25 ft., to Little Flinders Street East, by the depth of 140 ft. 9 in., with use of rights-of-way 16 ft. wide on the east and south sides of the land’ (Argus 23 July 1885:2). It is believed that land came under the control of the Melbourne City Council at this time for use as its Corporation Yard and workshops.The current two-storey brick building at 11-15 Duckboard Place was erected c.1885-87 at the rear of the land as a storage facility in association with the Corporation Yard. The land is adjacent to a right of way, the current Duckboard Place, which was named after Duckboard House (91-93 Flinders Lane) in 1953 (Zhang 2008).The Standard Plans of the city of Melbourne published in 1888 depict a two-storey structure built of brick, with windows at each level of the south and east elevations, and doorways on each level in the east elevation (Mahlstedt Map no 7, 1888).The Corporation Yard remained at the subject site until 1906 (S&Mc 1889-1906). The warehouse became known as 91 Flinders Lane after the Yard was relocated (S&Mc).The site was then occupied by Henry Henningsen, a Hawthorn builder, between 1906 and 1914 (S&Mc 1907-1915). Around this period, Henningsen erected a number of warehouses in Melbourne, including the three-storey brick warehouse built for P Warland Pty Ltd on the adjacent land at 87-89 Flinders Lane. According to the City of Melbourne Detailed Fire Survey plans published in 1910, a new entrance was made to the north elevation of the brick warehouse, with its floor levels being reduced to single-storey (Mahlstedt Map no 6, 1910).The warehouse was vacant for some time in 1915-16 (S&Mc 1915-916). From 1917 until 1925, Fraser and Mountain Plumbers occupied the warehouse and yard (S&Mc 1917-1926). Fraser and Mountain Plumbers were addressed as 91A Flinders Lane in 1922, as Denniston and Co Pty Ltd, clothing manufacturers, (previously at 93-101) expanded into the yard at 91 Flinders Lane (S&Mc 1920-1922). By the mid-1920s, the subject property had become an integral part of the Denniston and Co clothing factory, with a throughway built on the west elevation of 11-15 Duckboard Place (Mahlstedt Map no 6, 1925).By the late-1930s, the floorspace of the Denniston and Co factory had reduced in size, and Duckboard House, a veteran clubhouse, was built at no 91-93 Flinders Lane. The Fire Survey from the late 1940s shows that the subject property was separated from Denniston and Co, with another entrance made near the northeast corner of the building facing Duckboard Place, and a first storey and stairwell added to the structure (Mahlstedt Map no 6, 1948). Many of the 1940s features were retained at the time of conversion to a restaurant in 2013 (Archidaily)..REFERENCESArchidaily 2015, Lee Ho Fook Duckboard Place / Techne Architecture + Interior Design, http://www.archdaily.com/773451/lee-ho-fook-duckboard-place-techne-architecture-plus-interior-design, accessed 2 June 2017.Argus, as cited.Butler, Graeme 2011, ‘Central City Heritage Review 2011-Heritage Assessments,’ prepared for the City of Melbourne.Byrne, Edwina 2008, ‘ACDC Lane’ in eMelbourne, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01680b.htm, accessed online 13 June 2017.Context Pty Ltd 2012, Thematic History: A History of the City of Melbourne’s Urban Environment, prepared for the City of Melbourne.Dingle, Tony 2008, ‘Manufacturing’ in eMelbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00896b.htm, accessed online 13 June 2017.Fels, M, Lavelle S, and Mider, D 1993, ‘Archaeological Management Plan’, prepared for the City of Melbourne.Mahlstedt and Gee 1888, Standard plans of the city of Melbourne, Mahlstedt and Gee, Melbourne.Mahlstedt, G 1910, Index to City of Melbourne detail fire survey, Mahlstedt, Melbourne.Mahlstedt's Pty Ltd 1925 City of Melbourne detail fire survey. Section 1, Mahlstedt Pty Ltd, Melbourne.Mahlstedt's Pty Ltd 1948 City of Melbourne detail fire survey. Section 1, Mahlstedt Pty Ltd, Melbourne.Sands and McDougall, Melbourne and Suburban Directories (S&Mc), as cited.Zhang, Biheng 2008 ‘Duckboard Place’, in eMelbourne, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne, http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01783b.htm, accessed online 24 May 2017.
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