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Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Gillott's shops row (part),161 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 109280
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________Period: EdwardianDATE: 1899-;ASSOCIATIONS: Gillott, Samuel & Thompson, Joseph;DESIGNER: Hyndman & Bates;BUILDER: Sinclair, William.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM_______________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1621First land sale, 1837, Block 12 Allotment 11 purchased by Barry Cotter. 1839 - building on site. 1877 - one-storey building, Dobson, Tailor. 1888 - one-storey building, AS Kent, Tailor. 1905 - three-storey building, shop/merchants._______________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWHO1289Swanston Street South Precinct135-165 Swanston Street, 144-174 Swanston Street161 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).Statement of Significance part· Aesthetic significance is individually attributed to 161 Swanston Street for its curved shopfront, and 152-156 Swanston Street for its interwar classical revival style._______________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAMap 111910pasted in -3 storey masonry shop, part 161-165, shows recessed shopfront, entry on north end; occupied by Wassiamull Assomull & Company, silk merchants, owner S Gillott estate_______________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 77738 Hyndman & Bates; Gillott, Samuel & Thompson, Joseph Melbourne VIC Shops Sinclair, William - 12 Garton St Carlton 1899 07 17 7581-MCC registration no 7581 [Burchett Index]. Fee 9.9.0three shops, Swanston - 163-5_______________________________________PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA WEB SITE 2023Sir Samuel GillottBorn: 29 October 1838 (Sheffield, Yorkshire, England)Died: 29 June 1913 (Sheffield, Yorkshire, England)SolicitorArrived Victoria c1857; admitted to practice 1863 and to partnership with O'Brien; after his death c1866 practised alone; later formed other partnerships, the firm becoming successively Gillott & Snowden, Gillott, Croker & Snowden, Gillot, Croker, Snowden & Co., Gillott & Bates, Gillott, Bates & Moir, and Gillott & Moir. The firm carried on after his death as Gillott, Moir & Ahem, President Law Institute Victoria 1899-1900.Melbourne city councillor from Nov 1896, mayor 1900-1902; first Lord Mayor 1902-1903; on his return to Melbourne Gillott resumed his seat on the city council and continued his work on the committee of the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital.EducationSheffield Grammar School; articled to Thomas O'Brien, Melbourne Solicitor.ReferencesBurke's Peerage, 1912; Johns, F., 'An Australian Biographical Dictionary', Melbourne, 1934; Pearl, C., 'Wild Men of Sydney', London, 1958; Argus, 1 July, 4 Aug, 26 Nov 1913. Image: Sir Samuel Gillott [picture], H26150 State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/172553https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/samuel-gillott/SEE ALSOhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gillott_______________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1912H FRANCIS & COMPANY CHEMISTS.….TEMPORARY ADDRESSDuring Rebuilding of Bourke-st. Pharmacy:-- -- -- 161 SWANSTON ST., 3 doors from Bourke-st.(next to Covent Garden Fruit Café).
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161,163-165 Swanston Street, Melbourne (Butler14539\\)Earl of Zetland Hotel, later Café Majestic, also National Café and shops 155-159 Swanston Street, Melbourne (BIF-CITY 109278 532077 532078\\)155-159 Swanston Street, Melbourne (Butler14538\\)
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City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesFederation/Edwardian style
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1264114
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