Mark's development- Tierney & Blyth's drapery, later Denny's drapery, 464-468 Victoria Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme21 Jan 1985
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Mark's development- Tierney & Blyth's drapery, later Denny's drapery, 464-468 Victoria Street, North Melbourne
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21 Jan 1985
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BIF-NORTH 109798
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNE(incomplete)Grading as at 1985: BPeriod: Mid Victorian (1877-78)Grantee: R B Chomley 1852History- James Mark was the owner of these two shops and residences for over fifteen years. The year after their construction in 1877, they were leased as one premise by William Tierney and John Blyth who were drapers. Mark came to the area as licensee of the George Hotel from 1864; eventually owning it and becoming a Hotham Councillor within the next decade. He also served as mayor in 1868-9. The buildings continued their association with the clothing trade through the Hotham Clothing Co-operative 1880-1885 and the firm of Samuel Denny a councillor for the East Ward in 1890. [Victorian Municipal Directory 1890] By 1895 the buildings were owned by the Flinders Lane merchants Sumner Grice & Co and leased to James Fairbairn, a book keeper and Frederick Morgan, a furniture dealer. Renowned architect Norman Hitchcock claimed this building as his design in Victoria and its Metropolis.Description- Three-storeyed shops and residences, of stuccoed brick, which possess a corniced parapet roof line, applied trabeation of Tuscan pilasters, coupled windows under flat bracketted pediments and corner window, at the splay, under gabled pediments. A verandah once extended along all facades: its loss making the (replaced) shop fronts appear disproportionately high. [Board of Works DP 759]Streetscape- Part of a commercial streetscape and relates to 374-6, and 420-2 Victoria Street as dominant corner buildings.Significance- Architecturally, near original and designed in a successfully, if conservative fashion by the notable architect, Norman Hitchcock and part of a streetscape: of high regional importance. Historically, an identifiable 19th century use form and the premises of some regionally prominent retailers: of regional importance.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1. RB 1877-78, 1241-2; RB 1878-79, 1253;2. D. 1885, D. 1880;3. RB 1885-86, 1235;4 Victorian Municipal Directory 18905 RB 1895-96, 1196-7;6 V&M7 Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Detail Plan 759
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| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
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| Original | 109798 | 1 PDF ; A4 | Group of Items (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |