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Butler, Graeme1985
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LADY WRIXON BUILDINGS, later part Victoria Coffee Palace, 223-231 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105917
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
Part of:
Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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UnrestrictedOpen access.
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATES: 1892, 1907 rear,1921, 1924 etc;ASSOCIATIONS: Lady Wrixon;DESIGNER: Watts, T & Sons;BUILDER: Smith & Crawford 1892; Hansen, L 1907.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM__________________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1752Block 11, Allotment 2, Trustees of the School of Arts.1866 - building on site. 1877 - 6 buildings (various)1888 - 3 buildings; 2 x 2 storeys & 5 storey Coffee Palace__________________________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIESseries 1, map 818882 storey masonry pair each 30 ft frontage `W B Brown', `Missing Friends Office' backed by 1 storey `Newsboys Try Excelsior Hall', `Cole-Bentley electo-plating goods'1910223-229Masonry 4 storeys, `Trust Lady Wrixon' adjoining Sleighs Lane on east, town hall on west - Paterson Bros Decorators at rear, south of yardc1925223-229 6 storey masonry shops in front, Dining Room and Kitchen at rear, all 6 storeys- flat roof, all floors reinforced concrete,__________________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 76906 Watt, Thomas & Son; Wrixon, Lady Melbourne VIC Office Buildings; Shops Smith & Crawford - Carlisle St St Kilda 1892 07 25 5550, MCC registration no 5550 [Burchett Index]. Fee 8.15.0three shops & offices Little CollinsRecord 76920 Watts, T & Sons; Wrixon, Lady Melbourne VIC Warehouses Hansen, L - 26 Walker St Clifton Hill 1907 01 10 308, MCC registration no 308 [Burchett Index]. Fee 2.2.0brick store, Little Collins - 229 - at rear__________________________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex Cards 201-231 -many cards 1920-https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349576-00899?pId=857904 tohttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349576-00913?pId=857918 etc1920 Feb 2475 ₤4000 addition to Vicotria Coffee Palace1923 5735 ₤17000 Extensiosn to VCP1924 April 6212, 6213 ₤12000, 10,000 Alterations and additions to Wrixons Buildings etc__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1919COMING EVENTSTHE SOCIAL CALENDARNovember 25.— Play Lovers' Club.— Annual meeting, Lady Wrlxon Buildings, 227 Llttle Collins street. 8 p.m1921The directors of Victoria Coffee Palace Co. Ltd. have decided to ask shareholdersto give them power to increase the capital of -the company... approaching completion of additions to Wrixon's buildings.1936COMING EVENTSApril 25. - Ballarat Survivors. Association annual reunion dinner and smoke social at the Victoria Palace. 231 Little Collins street, at 6 p.m. Particulars Irom D. J. Heath, hon.secretary, 96 Abbott street, Sandringham.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1904223 Hempel, Oscar, travelling bag maker225 Calame, Mrs Mary, watchmaker227 First floor-Basement—VacantKemsley, Alfred E., manufacturers' agentSecond floor—Ingram, James, & Son, booksellersThird floor— . ,Calvert, Wm. S., wood engraver and zincetcher229 Levingston. John J.. Advertising.1910Sleight's la223 Hempel, Oscar, travelling bag maker227 Basement- •Lohn, Richard, ornamental confectionerFirst floor-Kernsley, Alfred E., manufacturers' agentSecond floor—Ingram, James, & Son, booksellers •Third floor—Calvert Engraving Co—Coventry, T., mgr229 Levingston, John .1., advertising contractor.1915223-225 Hempel , Oscar , travelling bag makerLADY WRIXON BUILDINGS-227-9 Basement-Lohn, It., & Co, ornamental confectionersPaterson Bros , decoratorsNotman . John , lampmaker - Gwynne, William.mgrIngram. Jas ., & Son, booksellersThird floor-CALVERT ENGRAVING Co Pty Ltd(T. G. Coventry, secretary ; W. S. Calvert.managing director ), 227 Lit Collins - st, Melb.229 Levingston , John J ., advertising contractor.1930Sleight's laVICTORIA PALACE LTD (THE)Tel Cent 8340 (10 lines)Lit Collins-st, near Town Hall231 Thomson, F. H., hrdrsr & tbcnst
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209-221 Little Collins Street, Melbourne (Butler14063\\)
Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesMid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)WarehousesOffices
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1253856
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