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Kozminsky Galleries

Other Names Former Kaye Butchart & Co. ,  Former Commercial Bank of Australia Location 421 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4512 File Number B4512 Level Regional

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Statement of Significance

This building has been progressively added to since its original construction as a bluestone office for the stock and station agents, Kaye Butchart and Co., in 1859. By 1869 it was a two-storey building with its present stucco facade. In the 1880s it was leased to the Commercial Bank of Australia who eventually acquired the building and added the top floor, in 1919, which matched the detailing of the earlier building below. This elegant building has a long association with, firstly, the livestock and real estate industry in the early days of the colony and later with banking in the "Boom" years.
Classified: 06/06/1994