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Butler, Graeme1985
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Niagara Hotel, later Hotel Francis, 383-387 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105705
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Inter-WarDATE: 1941 rebuild, 1897;ASSOCIATIONS: Lechte, AJ , Esq. 1941; Marks Brothers 1897;DESIGNER: Robert H, McIntyre 1941; Smith, Sydney & Ogg 1897;BUILDER: Langford, Clements 1897.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDY.MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVESArchives Reference: 1960.0003.00046- shows hotel before renovationDigital Resource: https://gallery.its.unimelb.edu.au/imu/imu.php?request=multimedia&irn=105343http://hdl.handle.net/11343/70227DescriptionNiagara Hotel, Melbourne. Building includes Trenerry's Display Stands and Gibb Brothers, printing and stationary shops. 383 Lonsdale Street, corner Niagara Lane [now Hotel Francis]. Built in 1897. Building occupant was P. Power. Architect not identified. Built by master builders, Clements Langford Pty. Ltd. ….LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX76370 Smith, Sydney & Ogg; Marks Bros Melbourne VIC Hotels; Warehouses Langford, Clement - 275 Bridge Rd Richmond 1897 04 30 6928, Lonsdale - 385-97, MCC registration no 6928 [Burchett Index]. Fee 8.10.0hotel & two warehouses (Niagara Hotel?).CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349575-006431920 April 2612 ₤1000 alterations and additions to hotel..1940 Dec 2 21696 ₤11,750 alterations and additions to building1941 July double faced electric sign on face…1965 $4500 alts to ground floor..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1899https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199720410MESSRS. E. KEEP and Co.'s WAREHOUSE GUTTED.(see threat to hotel)1941The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) View title info Sat 8 Mar 1941 Page 1Robert H, McIntyre, Architect, 499 Lit. Collins-st., Melbourne.. Phone MU4470.Invites Tenders for Reconstruction of Niagara Hotel: Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, for A. J.Lechte, Esq. Tenders close Tuesday, March 17.Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954)Wednesday 4 June 1941 - Page 7ALTHOUGH Alan Lechte, well known ' turf personality, donated the trophy for the winner of the principal race at Colac yesterday, he was unable to be present at the meeting Mr Lechte takes possession of the Niagara Hotel, Lonsdale Street. City, next Monday, Mid the business entailed in the transaction did not permit him to be at ColacAdvocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) Wed 30 Jul 1947 Page 3 also Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954) Thu 23 Apr 1942 Page 2The Hotel FRANCIS MELBOURNE'S NEWEST HOTEL(One Minute from St. franc Church)LUXURIOUS LOUNGES and DINING-ROOMSThe Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Fri 18 Mar 1955 Page 5`TWENTY - ONE - YEAR - OLD Melbourne actress Pamela Davy left London last night on an £800 flight home to see her mother, dangerously ill in Mount St. Evins Hospital. She will arrive at Essendon at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday. Miss Davy is coming to Melbourne in response to an urgent radio telephone call from her father, Mr. L. Davy, nominee of the Hotel Francis, Lonsdale st., city. In a tense conversation on the radio-telephone Mr. Davy told his daughter. 'Get the earliest possible plane home; your mother is dangerously ill.' -Yesterday, Mrs. Davy underwent a major operation. Late last night she was on the seriously ill list. Miss Davy left London only Ave hours after receiving the Hornsey Council's award for the best performance in the borough as an amateur actress. In Melbourne in 1952, Miss Davy was third in the Miss Teenage contest of Victoria. '.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1935 383-385 Niagara Hotel—Black, G1942 383-385 Niagara Hotel—Lechte, Alan
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Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesInterwar periodHotels
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1250648
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