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Knight's later Cohen, Sons and Company warehouse, 262-264 Queen Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Knight's later Cohen, Sons and Company warehouse, 262-264 Queen Street, Melbourne
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 108096
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: EdwardianDATE: 1912;ASSOCIATIONS: Knight, Frederick A H?;DESIGNER: Tompkins, H W & F B?;BUILDER: Bade & Company?.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 82;_________________________________________YUNCKEN FREEMAN ARCHITECTS P/L 1976.. HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL MELBOURNE CBD STUDY AREA 5 (source 82): 45Pre 1916, post 1895steel columns and beams, timber floorsRegistration unjustifiable._________________________________________City of Melbourne online maps5 storey Edwardian rendered brick building with basement parking. Refurbished 1985 and subdivided 1986._________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:By elimination:Record 71591 Tompkins, H W & F B; Knight, Frederick A H Melbourne VIC Warehouses Bade & Co - New St Brighton 1912 03 25 3260-MCC registration no 3260 [Burchett Index]. Fee 6.0.0brick warehouse?_________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW260-264 Queen Street / 108096 Nominated Identified in a previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985, Central City Heritage Review, 1993)Date of construction: not confirmed.Explanation for exclusion:Substantially alteredComparable with Contributory places in a precinct.Does not warrant individual Heritage Overlay._________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1912We will have, at the beginning of January, an Opening for a smart JUNIOR CLERK, one used to hardware trade preferred.ApplyS. COHEN. SONS and Co.,262 Queen-street, Melbourne..1913Advert for Cohen, Sons & Company 262-264 Queen St Sheep shears1914Advert for Cohen, Sons & Company 262-264 Queen St `Wonderful Duck Guns'.1942Advert Apply Victory Publicity Pty Ltd 262-264 Queen st , Melbourne_________________________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1910258 Beattie. Mrs Hester260 Bagot, Victor H.. dealer264 Matthews, Notman266 Oakes, Michael.1915,1925262-264 Cohen, S., Sons, & Co Pty Ltd, wholesalehardware merchants
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Research and reports
Record number:
1261398
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