Earl of Zetland Hotel, later Café Majestic, also National Café and shops 155-159 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Earl of Zetland Hotel, later Café Majestic, also National Café and shops 155-159 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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BIF-CITY 109278 532077 532078
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________Style: Neo-Grec (1930s renovation)Period: Victorian-era (3 storey shell) and Inter-War (1930s renovation)_____________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM refers to 161, queries if ground and first level from Victorian-era_________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1620First land sale, 1837, Block 12 Allotment 11 purchased by Barry Cotter. 1877 and 1888 - three-storey building, Earl of Zetland Hotel and shops. 1905 - three-storey building, three shops._________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 17854 Salway, William; VIC Hotels 1883 6 16- William Salway.Tenders wanted for additions to Earl of Zetland Hotel, Swanston St.Argus 16.6.1883, p 15_________________________________________DOVE FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES 1876MAP 44all 3 storey masonry103 two shops Coppel jeweller (155), Marshall Cricket Depot (157)103 Earl of Zetland Hotel (159)_________________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAMap 11188899 3 storey masonry Swaine & Mitchell tailors101 3 storey masonry toy shop105 3 storey masonry Earle of Zetland Hotel, 34' frontage, two buildings, H Dunning.1910all 3 storey masonry155 shop Whitelaw & Company boot makers157 F H Kermode, jeweler159 Earl of Zetland hotel with cellar at rear and billiard room above adjoining shops, also hotel pantry in bridge over rear lane, Mason AlleyHB Gibbs & Finlay Architects occupy upper level_________________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex cardhttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349578-00360?pId=596931919-1960s...1921 alterations to hotel…1931 13248 ₤103 alterations to building…1934 July 15522 ₤500 alterations to buildingAug shopfront_________________________________________City of Melbourne online maps3 storey building. Built inter-war in the Neo-Greco style._________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWCONTRIBUTORY Part Swanston Street South Precinct135-165 Swanston Street, 144-174 Swanston Street.….Swanston Street west sideThe west side is predominantly interwar comprising a consistent row of three-storey buildings with some particularly fine examples of Edwardian architecture at nos.149-153 and 161. The west side of the precinct is bookmarked at each end by two landmark buildings, the eight storey 135-137 Swanston Street (HO1079) and the seven storey 163-165 Swanston Street (HO1080). Both buildings were designed in a neo-baroque style by Nahum Barnet, with architect Marcus Barlow being responsible for the upper four floors of 135-137 Swanston Street (Figure 3). Adjacent but just outside the precinct is the five storey Leviathan buildings (HO541, HO509) that form the corner to Bourke Street built in 1912-1913 to a design by architects Bates Smart and Peebles.Figure 3. Swanston Street South Precinct, from corner of Swanston and Little Collins streets. (Source: City of Melbourne 2018)139-141 Swanston Street is an interwar building of three storeys with a central projecting oriel window, that forms a fine feature of the intact upper floors faced in smooth stucco. (Figures Figure and 6) 143 Swanston Street is a three-storey interwar building of face brick with industrial-type glazing and a relatively austere façade. The two buildings at 145 and 147 Swanston Street are modified interwar two storey shops.149-153 Swanston Street is an impressive and highly intact Edwardian building of three storeys with original timber framed original windows. It makes a major contribution to the streetscape with its lively façade of large bow-fronted and arch-headed windows, intricate stucco decoration and banding combined with face brick (now painted) (Figure 8).155 and 157-159 Swanston Street are three interwar shops of three storeys with classical stucco detail to the facades.161 Swanston Street, an Edwardian three-storey building with intact upper floor and arched window on the top floor, with intricate stucco decoration. The ground floor has a shopfront with curved windows and pressed metal spandrel above the entrance. Whilst the glass and framing has been replaced the original entrance layout has been retained (Figure 9)._________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1933https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4729630 Joseph Peacoulakais there.1934https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10932114SALOON NOW OPEN"Car Crashes Through Barber's WindowA car driven by Mr Joseph Peacoulakais of the National Cafe, Swanston street, crashed through the plate glass window of Mr J Simpson's hair dressing saloon in Town Hall Chambers...see also https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205072728 youth falls on canopy.1941https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64402514HENTY DAYPORTLAND OLD BOYS CELEBRATE.(Contributed).The Old Boys' annual-dinner at the Cafe Majestic, Swanston Street, Melbourne, on Saturday night, November 15th, was a great success. The room and the dinner were the best we have had for several years. The attendance too was the best for eight years. Forty sat down to dinner, and It was very pleasing to the Old Pillars to see eight younger natives of Portland for the first time. …________________________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1925155 Mnftrs & Imptrs of boots & shoes "The Rational" & "The University"157 Kermode. Francis H., wtchmkr & lwlr159 Earl of Zetland htl—Wellmens, Mrs M. F..1935155 Brunel's frocks157 Fay's, F Pty Ltd watchmakers159 National Café.1942153 Dickson, H., Pty Ltd, undrclthng mnfrs155 Bradman's Handbag & Hosiery Store Py Ld157 Dunklings The Jewellers Pty Ltd159 Café Majestic.
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