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McKell, Speedie & Co. later HESMA HOUSE also Playgoers' Hall, 366-370 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985

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Butler, Graeme (Name details)

Date of work:

1985

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BIF-CITY 105872

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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

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Graphic materialsTextual material

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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

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UnrestrictedOpen access.

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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATE: 1891-, 1940 renovation;ASSOCIATIONS: McKell Speedie & Co. 1891? Herbert Small 1939;DESIGNER: Askew, D C 1891?; RM & MH King 1940?;BUILDERS: Waring & Rowden 1891?.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1269https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/91841839 map - building on Lot 13 possibly on this site. Building on site 1850 (?); 1866.1880 - 2 storey building. 1888 - site vacant (?).1905 - large 5 storey building, Furniture Warehouse..LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 73365 Askew, D C; McKell, Speedie & Co Melbourne VIC Warehouses Waring & Rowden - 310 Queen St 1891 05 20 4981 MCC registration no 4981 [Burchett Index]. Fee 3.10.0store.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex Cardhttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349576-006181940-Jan 20967 ₤4500 alts to buildingApril shopfrontetc to 1988.MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIESSeries 1, map 131888 not shown1910368 5 storey masonry, between Warburton and Niagara Lanes, central entry, two showcases, `C S Green & Son ironmongers' pasted over, backs onto 6 storey McKell etc building.1924- as above but labelled `A' with building on north labelled `B' both occupied by C S Green & Son ironmongers.GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES 2011, CENTRAL CITY (HODDLE GRID) HERITAGE REVIEWArchitects RM & MH King designed this four-storey reinforced concrete building in 1937 for the Equity Trustees Ltd., acting for the John Donne estate. The Kings were known for their Moderne style design work during the inter-war period with many significant domestic commissions that survive but also some commercial city work, including 370 Little Bourke Street opposite. This refacing of a Victorian-era warehouse in the Moderne style (altered) adjoins the existing John Donne & Son retail outlet at 372 Little Bourke Street..LOVELL CHEN 2017. GUILDFORD & HARDWARE LANEWAYS PRECINCT370 Little Bourke Street C Contributory Five storey interwar offices, with earlier components at rearAlso contributory to Warburton Alley..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1891DAVID C. ASKEW, CE., Architect, ...Bourke-streetTenders invited for ERECTING A six-story WAREHOUSE, Little Bourke-street,For McKell, Speedie, and C1899https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89828949GREAT FIRE IN MELBOURNE.MESSRS. KEEP AND CO.'S WAREHOUSE DESTROYED....Nathan's large furniture warehouse on the corner of the block was in imminent danger of attack, and Messrs. McKell, Speedie and Co.'s furniture warehouse at the rear, and the Bush Inn hotel,- facing Little Bourke-street, were also in critical situations1946SOCIAL AFTERNOON FOR PLAYERS AND PLAYGOERSMEMBERS of the Players and j Playgoers' Association will have Mr B. Le Blanc, the comedian who arrived from overseas last week, as the guest of honor at their social afternoon today. He will give a talk on humor in the theatre. The entertainment will be held at Hesma House. Post Office Place, where, in the evening another club dance will be held.1947The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Thursday 25 September 1947 - Page 6PLAYERS LOSE PREMISESOwners Granted PossessionPossession of premises occupied by the Old Players' and Playgoers' Association, in Hesma House, Post Office-place, was granted to the owners, Herbert Small Pty. Ltd., by Mr. Wade, P.M., in the Fourth Court yesterday.The magistrate said he would make an order for the issue of a warrant of ejectment to be executed within 30 days from the date of warrant, but he would not sign the warrant until January. Raymond Bruce McKenzie of Glen Iris-road, Glen Iris, Melbourne .manager of Herbert Small Pty. Ltd., said his firm bought Hesma House In 1939 for extensions to its business. The third and fourth floors were used for mechanical, printing and staff purposes, and an associated company used the basement as a laboratory. The ground floor was required as a theatrette for demonstrations in visual education, equipment demonstrations and stock purposes."Direct Hardship”Mr. A. H. Mann, for the association, said loss of the rooms would inflict a great deal of direct hardship on it. The association did a great deal for the public and for education. " Other bodies, such as the Shakespeare Society and, the Dickens Fellowship, used the premises, which were also used for teaching dramatic art, music and kindred subjects. The magistrate said both parties were performing an essential service to the community in their respective spheres. He could not distinguish between the hardship that would be caused, apart from the financial aspect. Herbert Small Pty. Ltd. was the owner of the building, and he would make an order in its favour.1949PHOTOORAPHY. - Junior Girls to learn developing and printing required for our modern city workrooms. All latest equipment. 5-dav week. Excellent opportunity for girls to start a career In photography.Apply HESMA (AUST.) PTY. LTD., 3rd Floor. 370 little Bourke Street. etc.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893368 McKell, Speedie & Co, furniture warehousemenNiagara la1942Warburton alley368-370 HESMA HOUSE-368 Carter, F., Pty Ltd, dress access mars368 Small, H., Pty Ltd (workroom)368 Greenfield, Lyons & Holbrook Pty Ltd, tie mfrs370 Broadway Furnishing Co, furniture-retailNiagara lane

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City of Melbourne

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesInterwar period

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Melbourne (Vic.)

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Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

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Research and reports

Record number:

1253469