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Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Invicta House, 226-232 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 103965
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:Style: Neo-GrecPeriod: Inter-WarDATE: 1925-6 ;ASSOCIATIONS: Makower, McBeath & Co Pty Ltd.;DESIGNER: Klingender, F L and KNotable features: Ornamental metalwork.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1806First land sale 1837, Block 5, Allotment 10, John Batman. 1837-39, building on site, 'Halfpenny House' & fenced yard. Subdivision & lanes developed.1877 - 2 x 2 storey building, yards, sheds; Wertheim & Salenger, Iron; J & A McCooy, Clothing.1888 - 2 x 4 storey building, Ray & Richards.1905 - 4 & 5 storey building, offices & warehouse, Silk Merchants..CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349577-003201919-1925 May 7430 ₤50000 Erection of concrete warehouse1926 Nov erection of clock outside warehouse …1933 May erection of 3 show windows.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1925 tenders calledhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2070083F L and K Klingender,17 Queen Street …invite TENDERS for the Following Works for Messrs. Makower McBeath and Co Pty LtdEIGHT -STORY STEEL and REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGFlinders lane Deposit, £750.Quantities by Messrs. Anderson Alexander and Hay.1926https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3739010LABOURER KILLED. Fall From Platform. Having been seized, it is thought, with sudden faintness, Edward Kennedy, aged 28 years, a builder's inborn or, of Powell street, South Yarra, overbalanced and fell from a platform inside the "light area" of a building in course of erection for Makower, McBeath, and Co. Pty. Ltd., salt merchants, at 232 Flinders lane….The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 14 Dec 1926 Page 8 REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3826624now premises for Makower & McBeath, and Co., replacing the former substantial warehouse, have been erected ...at a cost of £5(1,000,.1927 WAREHOUSES WILL REMAIN- SIR WILLIAM McBEATH'S VIEW.No Exodus From Flinders Lane. Sir William McBeath, who speaks for Makower, McBeath, and Co Pty. Ltd ...https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3858086.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1930226-232 INVICTA HOUSE-226-232 Johnson, G. T., billiard saloon226-232 Makower, McBeath & Co Pty Ltd, warehousemen226-232 Smith, A. W. H., Pty Ltd, mlnry spclsts226-232 Smith, W. H., imprtr buttons & trmngs226-232 Nankervis, N. L., & Co Pty Ltd, mntl mnfrs226-232 Pritchards Pty Ltd. mantle & kntd goods228-232 Hempel, W. D., mnfrs' agnts226-232 Johnson, S., manufacturers' agent226-232 Calico Printers Assoc Ltd, textile mnfrs226-232 Denny & Richardson Ltd, mnfrs' agnts226-232 Metcalfe, H., & Co Ltd, furriers226-232 Morgan, Arthur, & Co, hsry & undrwr226-232 Braddock & Neighbour Pty Ltd, wrhsmn226-232 Joachim, Ernest, underclothing226-232 Patons & Baldwins, wool importers.1942226-232 INVICTA HOUSE-226 Makower, McBeath & Co Py Ld, silk merchtsBasement-232 VacantSecond Floor-232 Calvaire Mantles, mantle manufacturers232 Dunn, F. G., manufacturers' agent232 Hempel, W. D., manufacturers' agent232 Hill, H. W. & T., Pty Ltd, mnfrs' agentsSMITH, W. H. Tel F 2361232 Importer of Buttons232 Watsford, H. T., manufacturers' agentThird Floor-232 Black, S., & I., wholesale drapers232 Earle-Croft, tie manufacturers232 Holding, A. E., kntd gds mfr232 Johnson, S., manufacturers' agent232 Pritchards Pty Ltd, mantle manufacturers232 Snow, Gunning, Evans & Co, textile merchtsFourth Floor-232 Berry, Roger, manufacturers' agent2,7, Braddock, H. V., manufacturers' agent232 Calico Printers Association Ltd, textile mnfrs232 Matthews, G. J., & Co, mfrs' agents232 Morrey, N. W., & Co, mantle mnfrs232 Neighbour, T. J., & Co, Pt y Ltd, whlsle hatters232 Taylor, J. B., manufacturers' agent232 Tea Market Expansion Bureau, tea agentsFifth Floor-232 Gresham, R., manufacturers' agent232 Kennett, J., wholeSale soft goods232 Lambert, Muir Pty Ltd, mnfrs' agents232 Vanette Mantles, mantle manufacturersSixth Floor-232 Henderson, R. C., Ltd, hat manufacturers232 King, Jean, Novelties, fancy goods—retail232 Phillips, H. A., & Son Pt y Ltd, mnfrs' agents232 Streamline Skirt Co, skirt manufacturers
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Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesInterwar periodOfficesNeo-Grec style
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1209237
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