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Former Hilco Transformers Factory, 97 Berkeley Street, Carlton

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-20051/1/1999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

1/1/1999

Reference number:

BIF-CAR 101043

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materials

Part of:

Series: Carlton (BIF-CAR)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedCity of Melbourne Libraries own image. Please contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Building type: Former Hilco Transformers FactoryPeriod; Date: Inter-War; 1935History: The completed building first appears in the Sands & McDougall directory for 1938, occupied by Hilco Transformers Pty Ltd, a firm of transformer manufactures. this company continued to occupy the building until the late 1950's, when it was taken over by Repco. the building has since been occupied by a number of businesses similarly connected with the automotive industry.Significance: The building at 97 Berkeley Street, Carlton, is of local aesthetic and historical interest. It is one of numerous buildings in the vicinity that were originally erected for, and are still occupied by, businesses connected with automotive industry. As such, the building demonstrates a particular pattern of commercial and industrial development that had characterised this part of Carlton much of the twentieth century. Aesthetically, the building is a good and intact example of the inter-War Art Deco style. its distinctive psychoanalytic brickwork has, unusually, managed to escape subsequent overpainting.Intactness / Condition: GoodIn current picture business name known as VABCO Clutch & Brake (Automotive Industry)

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesCity of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999Interwar period1930-1939BricksBrickworkParapetsWindows

Places:

Carlton (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1298901