Zevenboom & Co (mill & store), later Phillips Shirts building, 274-278 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Zevenboom & Co (mill & store), later Phillips Shirts building, 274-278 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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1985
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATE: 1935;ASSOCIATIONS: Zevenboom, Jno., & Co;DESIGNERS: Alder & Lacey;BUILDER: Shillabeer, F E & Sons Pty Ltd..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM__________________________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS1935 March 16201 Erection of building (factory) ₤3000-Owner- Zevenboom, J & Company of 335 Elizabeth st etc. Carried out by Nov 19351937 Jan 8 18036 ₤800 alts to building1937 Jan 30 18105- elect sign on verandah fascia__________________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-10611866 - buildings along Little Lonsdale Street frontage.1880 Panorama - 2 (linked) single storey buildings (central arch/access).1905 - 1 & 2 storey buildings, incl. office, store room, forge 7 brush factory.__________________________________________________LOVELL CHEN 2017. GUILDFORD & HARDWARE LANEWAYS PRECINCT - PRECINCT CITATIONIn 1936, the Zevenboom brush manufacturers replaced a brick workshop and warehouse at 276 and 278 Little Lonsdale Street with a three-storey factory.37 Zevenboom Lane gave the company access to both their Little Lonsdale and Elizabeth Street properties. Following the sale of the Zevenboom properties in the mid-1950s, the Little Lonsdale Street warehouse was occupied by shirt makers Phillips Shirts; this building is also extant and located in the precinct..Notes:37 City of Melbourne Building Application Index, 274-278 Little Lonsdale Street, BA 16201, 25 March 1935, held by Lovell Chen.38 Argus, 26 October 1956, p. 20.__________________________________________________Melbourne Planning SchemeIncorporated Document Guildford and Hardware Laneways Heritage Study 2017:Statements of Significance, November 2018 (Amended July 2020)Elizabeth Street West Precinct Property Schedule274-278 Little Lonsdale Street Phillips Shirts Contributory Three storey interwar factory Also contributory to Zevenboom Lane__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1930Long ServiceTHE firm of Zevenboom, brush manufacturers, of Melbourne, has a staff who claim a record of long service. One has been there 57 years, another close on 57 years, whilst a third has 49 years to his credit. And "old Peter," who died not long ago., was in his 61st year with that firm.Zevenboom's, incidentally, claims to be one of the largest broom and brash manufacturers in the Southern Hemisphere. It is certainly one of the oldest —C.S.1936https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204915192THE EVENING OF HIS LIFEAn Old Man Talks With a Young One.II.— SIR MATTHEW DAVIES, JOHN ZEVENBOOM, BYRON MOORE, E. W. COLE, J. A. PANTON, L. L. SMITH.BY R.H....Next we come to the first man who made brushes in Melbourne. Never heard of John Zevenboom ? Well, there he is. The man who established the first broom factory here. An uphill strugglehe had at first, and then in two or three years his experience at his trade, linked up with patient determination, enabled him to build up a business that was soon turning over £25,000 a year. Ofsuch stuff were our best colonists made. Zevenboom was the pioneer brush and broom manufacturer of the southern hemisphere....1938https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247357944Machine's Speedy Brush MakingA machine brought to Australia by Mr. George E. VanFossen, an American engineer, can fit 150 groups of bristles to a brush a minute.He arrived by the ... Caroline on Saturday, on his way to install the machine in the factory of John Zevenboom and Co., Melbourne.He was sent out by the Ox Fibre Brush Co., Frederick, Maryland, U.S.A.The brush-making machine automatically stops if there is no morework to do.Another machine, weighing two tons, for making road brushes and similar heavy lines, does 130 groups of bristlesa minute..1939https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205977262 illust..1949https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22776980BRUSH COMPANY£75,000 ISSUEA public issue of 75,000 £1 ordinary shares at par is to be made by Zevenboom Holdings Ltd, which will be formed to take over all the shares of John Zevenboom & Co. Pty. Ltd.Total issued capital will be £ 175,000, all in ordinary shares.Messrs Ian Potter & Co. are the Underwriters.The business was started in 1862 by the late Mr John Zevenboom, and now manufactures a large range of trade, toilet and household brush ware.The office and warehouse are situated at 333 Elizabeth st, and the factory on an adjoining block with a frontage to LittleLonsdale.Directors are Messrs E. A. Underwood, A. Anderson and A. J. Moir..1950.The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)Monday 25 September 1950 - Page 6ZevenboomDemand for Zevenboom brushes still exceeded the ability to supply, the chairman of Zevenboom HoldingsLtd., Mr E A Underwood, said at today's annual meeting.Directors were optimistic about current year's results, as sales to date showed a healthy increase on the same period last year.1955Zev. Limits dividendZevenboom Holdings Ltd brushmakers, would not in crease the present 8% dividend because funds were needed to assist in financing the new North Melbourne building.The new premises should be finished about this time next year, Mr. E. A. Underwood, chairman, said at the annual meeting yesterday.The properties now occupied at Elizabeth st.(333) and Little Lonsdale st. would be sold, and the proceeds used to help pay for the new building.Sales had shown a healthy increase since June 30, he added..1956MELBOURNE:323-335 ELIZABETH STREET, 274-278 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET.'. 2-Storey Buildings in Elizabeth Street, and 3 and 5-Storey Factory In Little Lonsdale Street,.having floor, space approx. 23,500 sq. ft.Vacant Possession in 90 Days.At Auction, Thursday, 25th October, in' the Board Room, Temple Court building. 422 Collins street.For further particulars, see auction columns.YEO, CROSTHWAITE, & CO.,108 Queen St., Melb., MU8605..1959Orbis Clothing Co., Pty. Ltd. 274 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne..CBD newsJune 8, 2017- demolition permit granted by VCAT1/10/2014 `The Argus': development site 57 storeys, façade kept.Financial review Apr 24, 2014 –https://www.afr.com/property/commercial/asian-developers-circle-rare-melbourne-cbd-site-20140424-i70am...The 708-square-metre site at 274-278 Little Lonsdale Street is expected to sell for about $12 million. It’s up for sale for the first time in 50 years and has strong ties to Melbourne’s shirt-making heritage.The property was bought by Alexander and Margaret Peterfreund in 1963 for $115,000. Mr Peterfreund founded Phillips Shirts alongside friend Philip Phillips in 1953 after emigrating to Australia from Czechoslovakia after the war. Mr Peterfreund’s son Andrew Peterfreund and another person, Susan Moss of Caulfied, bought shares in the property in 1996 after Mr Peterfruend died.Andrew Peterfreund is the current managing director of Phillips Shirts, which still operates out of the Little Lonsdale premises.The property features a three and five-level warehouse and retail building comprising a ground floor showroom and Phillips Shirts’s clothing factory on the upper levels. The building is fully leased on a short-term basis.March 10, 2016 12:00amClaire Heaney, Herald Sun`IT’S one of Melbourne’s best kept secrets.In the middle of the city, tucked in one of Melbourne’s famous laneways, Phillips Shirts is a treasure trove of fabrics and shirts dating back to the 1970s.Founded in 1952, the Little Lonsdale St business continued to manufacture locally until 18 months ago.In recent years, it dabbled in homewares and womenswear in a bid to use its countless bolts of rare fabrics, many produced in now-closed European mills. Today, it sells its inventory along with shirts manufactured offshore. The next chapter will see Phillips Shirts moving from the city space, which it has occupied since 1958, to a new retail warehouse in Malvern.Phillips Shirts brand manager Amit Charan said in the meantime the focus was on lightening the inventory before the shift.“Phillips Shirts has developed a cult following. When we dug out the shirts that were in storage and started displaying them, people got really excited. You just don’t see this sort of vintage merchandise in shops,” he said. There are a series of regular sales to clear exclusive fabrics, shirts and knitwear. “It is a rare opportunity to see the contents of the building,” he said.The range includes dinner shirts from the 1970s through to sought-after Liberty prints.Phillips Shirts was founded by Alex Peterfreund and a friend, Philip Phillips.Mr Phillips was a boarder in the Peterfreund’s Windsor home and had been trained in made-to-measure shirtmaking in Paris. By day, the men held down jobs, and at night they cut shirts on the floor at home.Phillips Shirts has been called on to provide costumes for the recent two-part series Molly. It also provided shirts for productions such as Rock of Ages, Jersey Boys and 1970s-themed commercials.Alex Peterfreund’s son, Andrew, is managing director of Phillips Shirts.Mr Charan said they were keen to open the space for events in coming months.“We would love to hear from people looking to use the space to stage experimental music and fashion events.”In late February, a Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival event was staged at the venue.“It was great. It was the first fashion event and it showcased the artists with the factory/warehouse back-up,” he said.The next sale runs from next Tuesday until March 19.phillipsshirts.com.au.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1942Zevenboom la274-278 Zevenboom, Jno., & Co (mill & store)Sutherland stPeriod: Inter-War
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