National later Cedar Cafe, also tobacconist and hairdresser shops & residences, 39-43 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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National later Cedar Cafe, also tobacconist and hairdresser shops & residences, 39-43 Bourke Street, Melbourne
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1985
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1913;ASSOCIATIONS: McGinnes, Lena (Mrs.);Period: Edwardian________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceHistoryApparently a refacing of earlier two-storey shops and residences, a general rise of 50% in the annual valuation during 1913 indicates the date of its renovation. Lena (Mrs.) McGinnes is first listed as the owner in 1912 and, hence, was the instigator of the upgrading. Henry Brown's trustees had owned it earlier.Harry Alexander's National Cafe (39), Timothy Moloney's hairdresser's shop (41) and the Globe Dye Works (43) were early tenants. William Lawrence had the dye works by 1930 (see Northcote, Westgarth Street, dye works), but similar tenancies existed elsewhere in the row. The Cedar Cafe was at 39 Bourke Street around World War Two.DescriptionWith all the appearances of a facade veneered over an older building, the style adopted follows the Medieval inspiration of the shop row to the east, with bartizans and ox-bow curves at the parapet and an implied upper-level window oriel.External IntegrityShop fronts are new, possible removal of verandah and many new signs.StreetscapeFollows the character set by 19-21 Bourke Street and continues through to 31-33 although probably, at heart, a similar vintage to 35-37 Bourke Street.SignificanceAn undistinguished renovation with a low integrity to either of its construction periods but it continues therevival of Medieval elements seen in the adjoining Edwardian shop rows to the east.__________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM___________________________City of Melbourneheritage overlay 39-43 Bourke Street, Melbourne___________________________Victorian Heritage Inventory H7822-1650Fourthland sale, Allotment 16,1839. 1888 - three two-storey buildings and yard, shops and East Melbourne Hotel. 1905 - same; East Melbourne Hotel and Braham, Oyster Saloon.___________________________HERITAGE BRANCH, MINISTRY FOR PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT 1987 CITY OF MELBOURNE CENTRAL CITY NOTABLE BUILDINGS CITATIONSBuilt in c.1905, these two-storey shops are typical of the low-scale commercial buildings constructed in this precinct and notable as acollective group___________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX73920? Shops built 1912-1913Gibbs & Finlay; Mitelman, Copel Melbourne VIC Shops Taylor, J R - 443 Little Collins St 1913 08 6 4242 -MCC registration no 4242 [Burchett Index]. Fee 5.0.0three 2-storey brick shops? Kopel Mitelman has property coner King and Bourke Streets 1913.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200157965/kopel-mitelmanKopel MitelmanBIRTH 1853DEATH 27 May 1940 (aged 86–87)BURIAL Melbourne General Cemetery___________________________TRETHOWAN ARCHITECTURE, 2015. BOURKE HILL PRECINCT HERITAGE REVIEWcontributory to precinctHISTORYA row of 3 two storey shops. It is likely that sections of these buildings date back to pre 1865. A diminutive row of three two storey shops in this location is illustrated on the 1862 Nettleton photograph and building's distinctive rear roof form is also shown on early photos. The facades date from c.1910. Hairdressers and tobacconists have operated from one of these shops from the 1860s until the 1970's. Tenancies did not change during the early part of the twentieth century indicating that the buildings were renovated at this time rather than constructed.FEATURESThe two storey facades with upper floors well preserved. Their diminutive scale indicates the building's date of construction as mid nineteenth century and not, as the facades suggest, c.1910. At the rear the early date of the building's construction is evident in some of the rear wings. The post modern style rear wing by Katsalidis is of interest. The ground floor shopfront and doorway at No 43 contributes to the importance of the buildings...DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL______________________via TRETHOWAN ARCHITECTURE, 2015. BOURKE HILL PRECINCT HERITAGE REVIEW1868Charles Brown TobacconistJ. Seymour Carver & Sofa Frame MakerCharles William LewisHairdresser.1875Mrs Hinds TobacconistN. Paris Confectioner.1880William P Morrison, TobacconistGeorge Clinton Boot Manuf.Thomas FordHairdresser & Tbcnst.1885Alfred Baker TobacconistFrederick Clinton Boot Manuf.Alexander De JecksHairdresser & Tbcnst.1890Mrs Margaret Baker TobacconistFrederick Clinton Boot Manuf.Charles PhillpottHairdresser & Tbcnst.1900James Youl Knitting DepotTimothy Moloney Hairdresser & TbcnstBarclay Bros.Watchmaker & Jewelers.1910Leon Miller OpticianTimothy Moloney Hairdresser & TbcnstBarclay Bros.Watchmaker & Jewelers.1915National Café - D. BlackTimothy Moloney Hairdresser & TbcnstGeorge W RyanMusical Instruments.1920National Café - Harry AlexanderTimothy Moloney Hairdresser & TbcnstThe Globe Dye WorksDyers.1930A.J Brown CafeTimothy Moloney Hairdresser & TbcnstWilliam Lawrence Pty Ltd Dyers.1940"Cedar" Café George BacashTimothy Moloney TobacconistWilliam Lawrence Pty Ltd Dyers.1950"Cedar" Café George BacashMrs Agnes Mcloney TobacconistEast End Dry CleanersDry Cleaners.1960George BacashT. Moloney TobacconistPullar's East End Dry CleanersDry Cleaners.1970George BacashT. Moloney TobacconistPullar's East End Dry Cleaners Dry Cleaners
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