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Davis Pickle and Sauce Factory, Former
Location89 Rupert Street, COLLINGWOOD VIC 3066 - Property No 102830 LevelIncl in HO area indiv sig |
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Statement of Significance
The following wording is from the Allom and Lovell Building Citation, 1998 for the property. Please note that this is a "Building Citation", not a "Statement of Significance". For further information refer to the Building Citation held by the City of Yarra. History: The Davis' Pickle and Sauce Factory was built in 1925 for Solomon and Maurice Davis. In 1925, Rupert Street was predominantly residential. In 1922, the wooden houses at Nos. 81-93 were acquired by S and M Davis; at this time, their values ranged from ₤28 to ₤34. In 1925, the houses at Nos. 85, 87-89, 91 and 93 were demolished: the Davis' are listed as owners of vacant land. The Rate Books of 1925-26 show S & M Davis as the owners of a brick factory valued at ₤190. They retained ownership of the adjacent 4 room wooden houses at Nos. 81 and 83. Description: The former Davis' Pickle and Sauce Factory, 89 Rupert Street, Collingwood, is a single storey brick industrial building. The symmetrical facade is of face red brick, and has a series of multi-paned steel-framed hopper windows and single door openings between shallow brick piers and beneath a moulded string course. Four piers extend through to the parapet, which has a wide central gabled pediment with rendered moulded copings, flanked by panelled sections with a circular motifs; all have flat, rendered decoration. Significance: The former Davis' Pickle and Sauce Factory, 89 Rupert Street, Collingwood, is of local architectural significance. It is a good and substantially intact example of a decorated industrial building in a late Edwardian style, which makes a positive contribution to a mixed industrial streetscape.
Group
Manufacturing and Processing
Category
Factory/ Plant