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Stephens & Mason's shops & offices, also UNION BUILDINGS, 142-146 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Stephens & Mason's shops & offices, also UNION BUILDINGS, 142-146 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 103314
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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Period: Victorian.ASSOCIATED RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2021:.DATE: 1887;ASSOCIATIONS: Stephens & Mason;DESIGNER: Gibbs, H B.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYStatement of SignificanceHistoryAlong with much of Melbourne, this site was redeveloped in 1887 when its part owner (Gillett) sold it to the adjoining owner (trustees of James Mayne, wine and spirit merchant). The two shops (and offices) continued with their previous occupiers: Mason Brothers, hatters, in 142 and John Charles Stephens, stationer and printer in 146. Mayne had occupied part of the site since the late 1850s but his name was gone by the early 1900s, replaced by the Keenan Trust and then one A. Harris, as owner then owner-occupier by c1915. Stephens was still there in 1910, having been on the site since the early 1880s.DescriptionA three-storey cemented Renaissance revival facade, framed with Corinthian pilasters and surmounted by a broad, gabled pediment. Above the pediment is a plain, piered parapet balustrade and below both square-head and arched-head fenestration. The main cornice and entablature are heavily panelled, with foliation in the panels and brackets between, and a string mould below is similarly bracketed with each of its ends terminated on ornamental blocks. Detailing consists of a Jacobean character architraves to the upper level windows, boldly bracketed sills to the same level and rosettes to an impost frieze at the first level windows. Between these windows, in the spandrels, are roundels with protruding acanthus leaf devices, whilst each arch has an exaggerated keystone extending up to a string mould below the main storey line.External IntegrityThe ground level has been completely replaced and an intrusive cantilevered canopy added. The parapet ornament may have been removed.StreetscapeRelates closely to the adjoining building to the south and less so to the Royal Arcade to the north. All are of a similarscale and have links to the G.P.O. and City of Melbourne Building at nearby corners..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX(75079 Mayne, Jas - Wine & Spirit Store - Melbourne VIC Warehouses; alterations Butler, T - Melbourne 1861 01 7 9 MCC registration no 9 [Burchett Index]. Fee 1.10.0, Elizabeth - 112 - at rear take down & rebuild store75119 Gillett Melbourne VIC Office Buildings; Shops Leech & Bricknell - Young St Fitz 1870 08 22 4068, MCC registration no 4068 [Burchett Index]. Fee 3.0.0, Elizabeth stshops & office)75142 Gibbs, H B Stephens & Mason Melbourne VIC Office Buildings; Shops Verso & Knott - High St Northcote 1887 01 18 2603, MCC registration no 2603 [Burchett Index]. Fee 7.0.0 two shops & offices, Elizabeth St.DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1893142 Mason Bros, hatters and mercers144 Levy, Charles, loan officeLevy,Bernhardt, estate and insurance agentVacantGillies, P. S., & Co, financial & general com agentsVacantGreig Bros, manufacturers' agentsGrand United Order of Oddfellows-Riddell, J., secYost Typewriter Co-Hinde, J. L., managerDavis, Allan, tailorPurcell, Edward, warehousemanLawson, R. A., architectVacantRaphael Bros & Co, general merchants and imptsRosenbaum, A., chemical manufacturerVacantVacant146 Stephens, J. C., stationer and printer(148 Cohen Bros, watchmakers and jewellers)1910142 Turner Bros, manufrs of bicycles144 UNION BUILDINGS—Ground floor-1-3 The Royal Finance Company Prop Ltd,financiers—Levy, Charles, mug dir4 Plough, Lauritz .1., hairdresserFirst floor-]. Kirk, S. D., tie manufacturerCoath, Wm. J., mfrs' agent5-7 Aust Ticket Writing & Gold Blocking CoWarren, F. R., adv & publishing contr6 Handley, John W., manufacturing jewir8 Hardham & McInnes, tailorsTurner Bros, work shop12 Stephens, John C., printer (workroom)Second floor-' 14 Anstey, Fred. artist16 Ah Mouy, M. H., architect18 Freedman, Louis, general printer' 20 Webster & Cohen, mnfrng jewellers21 Johnson, James, jeweller146 Stephens, J. C., stationer and printer148 Roberts, Wm., watchmaker & jeweller1920142-6 Harris, A., & Co, importers(148 Roberts, Wm., watchmaker & Jeweller)
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148-150,142-146 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne (Butler13639\\)
Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesMid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)Retail trade
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1205502
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