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HOWE LEATHER FACTORY (FORMER)

Location

99-103 High Street PRESTON, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #4

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2]
City of Darebin Heritage
[2/2]
City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Howe Leather Factory at 99-103 High Street, Preston. Alterations and additions made as part of the conversion to apartments are not significant.

How is it significant?
The former Howe Leather Factory is of local historical and architectural significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
The site has been used for leather tanning since at least the early 1880s, apart possibly from a period in the 1890s and early 1900s, and has been occupied by the Howe tanning company continuously since 1910. One of the industries associated with local farming activities in the nineteenth century, the Howe factory is among the last tanneries remaining in Preston (Criterion A). The substantially intact and distinctive elevations facing High Street and Warrs Avenue form a notable local landmark (Criterion E).

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