S. & D. Harris workshop, 281 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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S. & D. Harris workshop, 281 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 106010
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Victorian.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM__________________________________________________VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-1175https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/90901866 - buildings along street frontage. 1880 Panorama - row of what seems to be terraces along Little Lonsdale Street. 1905 - 2 storey building__________________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW281 Little Lonsdale StreetThe two-storey brick warehouse at 281 Little Lonsdale Street was built in the 1880s (CoMMaps). By the 1890s Samuel and Daniel Harris were operating a business (type unknown) in the building (Argus 24 April 1896:5). By 1897, the building housed clothing company, Pearson and Company (Age 21 January 1897:6). In 1921, fabric manufacturers, the British Tie Company, occupied the site (Argus 14 May 1921:12).In 1925, the building, then vacant and formerly let for £375 a year, was put up for sale (Age 2 May 1925:3). A second-hand motorcycle business had opened by 1926 (Argus 29 May 1926:5) and by the 1940s, builders Hollow & Sons Pty Ltd operated from the premises (City of St Kilda Building Permits Register no U610, as cited in AAI, record no 57643). The Cycle Press printery was located at 281 Little Lonsdale Street in the 1950s (Age 22 April 1950:33).Figure 6. Little Lonsdale Street, 1968, showing numbers 277-279 (middle two-storey building) and 281 (to right of 277-279). (Source: Halla 1968, STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA )__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1892MANTLE Machinists wanted, good only! B. Birnbaum, Son & Co;, 281-3 Little Lonsdale-st1896SEQUESTRATION.An order was yesterday made absolute by Mr. Justice Holroyd for the sequestration of the estate of Samuel Harris and Daniel Harris, carrying on business as S. And D. Harris, at 281 Little Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, as clothing manufacturers, on the motion of Mr. Childers1897https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193698897THE SHOPS AND FACTORIES ACT.TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.Sin,— The result of the election of the board to adjust the wages in the clothing trade must strike thoso in the wholesale manufacturing department as being very one sided as far as the representation on the employers' board is concerned.….ERNEST A. PEARSON (Pearson and Co.281 Little Lonsdale-street.19th January1954Box Hill. Hollow & Sons Pty. Ltd.,281 Little Lonsdale St., Melbourne, is to build adds, and alts, to branch bank premises at Whitehorse Rd. for State SavingsBank. Of Vic. At a cost of £9997..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1915281 Wing On & Co. cabinetmakers283 Quong Wah & Co, cabinetmakers…1893Drewery la273 Madden, Mrs Margaret275 Nott, T. H., confectioner279 Myers, Edward, billiard table maker281 Deacon, F., & Co, picture frame makers283 Woo Kee, cabinetmaker285 Roeszler, C. G., engraver
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