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Mrs Quirk's shop and residence later PHOENIX L0AN OFFICE or Laverette's pawn shop, 250-252 Russell Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Mrs Quirk's shop and residence later PHOENIX L0AN OFFICE or Laverette's pawn shop, 250-252 Russell Street, Melbourne
Creator:
Butler, Graeme (Name details)
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 108579
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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UnrestrictedOpen access.
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________DATE: 1881, (or 1851-?);ASSOCIATIONS: Quirk, Mrs; Laverette, Joseph C. pawnbroker.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites 77, page 81_________________________________________Daryl Jackson Evan Walker Architects Pty. Ltd 1976 for Historic Buildings Preservation Council ; Melbourne: the area bounded by Victoria, Spring, Lonsdale and Swanston Sts (source 77),page 81Date Built1851 (or earlier). Rebuilt or extended in 1881.1 Historical 'First Ratebook entry is in 1851 (1,). George Jamieson, a pawnbroker, occupied it from1858 (2.) until the end of the 1860' s. Mrs. Quirk was the owner in the 1870s (.3) and Josepher Lavanette her tenant from 1881 (4).2 ArchitecturalA building described as "3 rooms and shop, brick" was on the site in 1851 (1) (and perhaps earlier). In 1881 it was described as having seven rooms and the valuation increasedsignificantly (4}. It is difficult to say if this was an addition or a rebuild.Footnotes( 1) M. C. C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward,1851.(2) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, .1858.(3) M.C.C. Rate Book, Gipps Ward, 1872.(4) M.. C.C. Rate Book) Gipps Ward, 1881.(5) Mahlstedt Map c. 1910_________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW248-250 Russell Street / 108579Identified in a previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985, Central City Heritage Review, 1993)NominatedDate of construction: early Victorian Explanation for exclusion: Comparable with Contributory places in a precinct. Does not warrant individual Heritage Overlay._________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1881...UNREDEEMED PLEDGES.By Order of Mr. J. C. Laverette, Licensed Pawnbroker,154 Russell-street, Melbourne...1884ROSE— LAVERETTE.— On the 2nd June, at Wesley Church, Lonsdale-street, by the Rev. Henry Bath (president of the Wesleyan conference), Frederick William, youngest son of Gotfried Friedrich Rose, of Alsleben, Prussia, to Judith, eldest daughter of J. C. Laverette, both of Melbourne.1885(one of many news items mentioning Laverette in crime reports)...Joseph William Laverette, assistant to his father, a pawnbroker in Russell street, saidthat the watch produced, numbered 2,808, was received by him in pawn from a manwhom he believed to be the prisoner, on the 20th September last.…..1891...CLEARING SALE of UNREDEEMED PLEDGES.DIAMOND, GOLD and SILVER JEWELLERYOf all Kinds.By Order of J. C. Laverette, Esq., Pawnbroker,250 Russell-street, City..1896PHOENIX L0AN OFFICE .-Money advanced on all kinds of valuable property. Interest as per agreement. Goods exchanged. Old Goldand Silver bought. J. C. LAVERETTE, 250 Russell-street, City..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1885154 Laverette, Joseph C. ,pawnbroker.1889250 Laverette,Joseph C. ,pawnbroker.1893250 Laverette,Joseph C. ,pawnbroker254 Dinneen, Richard, bootmaker.1910246 Solomons, Joseph, pawnbroker250 Goldman, Louis, secondhand dealerGoldman, Miss Hester, dressmaker252 Grattan, H. W., tea rooms254 Dinneen. Richard, bootmaker1935250 Solomons, Jos., pawnbroker250 Wilson, Chas.252 Sternberg, Mrs J., jeweller.1942250 Solomons, Douglas, pawnbroker250 Rope,. M..
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250-252,(248) Russell Street, Melbourne (Butler14425\\)
Names:
City of Melbourne
Topics:
Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesEarly-mid Victorian period (1851-1875)Mid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)Retail tradeAmusement parlours1850-18591880-1889
Places:
Melbourne (Vic.)
Form/Genre:
Building Identification Forms (BIFs)
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1262763
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