Continental Hotel, 230-234 Russell & 161-172 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Graeme Butler and Associates01/07/1989
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Continental Hotel, 230-234 Russell & 161-172 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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01/07/1989
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BIF-CITY 108581 1
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________230-234 Russell & 161-172 Lonsdale Street,DATE: 1916;ASSOCIATIONS: Woolf, Henry hotelier estate;DESIGNER: Beaver & Purnell;BUILDER: Reynolds BrothersBillboard1985: Coca-Cola Coke___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceContinental Hotel230-234 Russell & 161-172 Lonsdale Street, MelbourneHistoryBuilt: 1916(see 226-228 Russell Street)Built on the site of the old Cross Keys Hotel and the old Continental, the application to build was lodged in 1916 by Henry Woolf’s executors. The architects were Beaver & Purnell and the builders, Reynolds Brothers of Carlton. The hotel was brick, had 26 rooms and covered most of the previous hotel's courtyard site. It remained with the Woolf family until the change to the Pierce Cody P/L ownership before c1950. Licensees included William Franks (1920-30s), Frances Pascoe, Annie Young and Spiros Kavadis (1950s).DescriptionAn unusual design for an unusual era (mid war), the hotel has none of the flamboyance of the contemporary Smith & Ogg hotel rebuilds. Instead, it adheres to a static corner form and Queen Anne decorative elements (pediments, brackets) with pressed cement spandrel embellishment inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement.External IntegrityGround level new, 'Modern sympathetic' verandah and shop fronts added also intrusive signs applied to the upper facade and parapet. The bricks have been painted.StreetscapePart of an early 20th and late 19th century commercial streetscape, playing a major corner role.SignificanceAn unusual design for its period, possessing some notable pressed cement detailing and performing a major streetscape role. It is on a traditional hotel site and has been a public gathering place over a long period also, by its ownership (Woolf) probably linked with the long Jewish ownership/occupation of the precinct.Contributes to precinct___________________________
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