Knight's shops & residences, 221-223 Russell Street, Melbourne
Graeme Butler and Associates01/07/1989
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Knight's shops & residences, 221-223 Russell Street, Melbourne
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BIF-CITY 108552
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Late Victorian 1876-1899DATE: 1882 rebuild apprx.;ASSOCIATIONS: Knight, George1984 Signs: Emmanuelle's Adult books & videos; Lam Loong Chinese restaurant.GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceShops 221-223 Russell StreetHistoryBuilt: c1882 (reconstruction?)Probably built in part during the early 1870s, these two shops were not a pair originally. A Mrs. McDonald owned one 2 room brick shop, next to a wood and iron shop in 1874-5.5 By the early 1880s George Knight owned two brick 2-room shops on the site, indicating that they had been adapted or rebuilt as a pair. At first Knight occupied one (223) and leased the other to Jurdah Cohen, taking both by the mid 1880s 6. Alex McKinley was the. next owner, followed by a series of short term tenures, until the Boyes Brothers (of 219 Russell Street) purchased one (221), the other going to Henry Posner 7. Posner occupied both shops into the 1950s. 8 Chinese had leased 121 for a brief period in the 1890s (Chung Kee).9DescriptionA parapeted and stuccoed shop pair with sparse detailing indicating an early date. This includes scrolls either side of a central parapet block which matches other blocks at the party walls: all carrying cement orbs originally.External integrityShopfronts replaced and sheeted over, parapet detail missing, awning and signs added.StreetscapeA small part of a cohesive 19th and early 20th century commercial streetscape, once more unified by continuous street verandahs.SignificanceAn austere and altered shop pair with little period expression to the street and probably little internal evidence of the various occupancies over the years..Notes5 Municipal rate books [RB] RBI875,1827-86 RB1882,1778-9, RB1885, 17S7-87 RB1925, 1235-68 RB1950, 864-49 RB1900,1537-810 CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS Index card 1916- (BA) BA 6584, BA 1439011 BA45602.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM_________________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1989, LITTLE BOURKE STREET PRECINCT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of Significance_________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-13421866 - building on site. 1874 -five- and two-room brick shop on site and a timber and iron store. By early 1880s George Knight owned two 2 room brick shops on the site, either new or a rebuild/ pairing of the previous two shops. In 1920s Boyes Bros (see 219) purchased 221, with 223 going to Henry Posner who occupied both shops into the 1950s._________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 73002 McDonald, Keith Melbourne VIC Houses Simpson, James - Brunswick 1850 07 31 275-MCC registration no 275 [Burchett Index]. Fee 5.5.0two houses, Russell near Lonsdale…No likely entry 1880-1884 but renovations were typically not included in the Burchett index._________________________________________DE GRUCHY & LEIGH, 1866. ISOMETRICAL PLAN OF MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS IN 1866buildings shown , one storey?_________________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIASeries 1, block 71888157 one storey masonry, Quong Tie Lee, fruiterer 16'8" frontage, (221)159 Knight, galvanist etc 16'10" frontage, (223)_________________________________________DOVE, H P. 1876. PLANS OF MELBOURNE: EXECUTED FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.Map 61 not at STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA_________________________________________.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1882CORRESPONDENCE.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197993892D. D. Gaffneys Creek. 1. Your simplest plan is to purchase an electric or galvanic machine. Such machines can be had at various prices, according to size and power. It frequently happens that chemist, have them to dispose of. George Knight, medical galvanist, 159 Russell-street, may also be mentioned as likely to be able to meet your views..GEORGE KNIGHT'S Galvanic Institution, every evening at 6. Eastern Market, upper flat- Galvanic treatment at moderate charges..WORKING ORDER, Eastern Market, every evening. Early application is advisable, as Mr George Knight is retiring.1938Posner's Army and Civilian Bargain Stores, at 167 and 221-223 Russell St., Melb. Est. 1880. our latest catalogue post free!.
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