Warehouse

Location

640 - 652 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6563

File Number

B6563

Level

Regional

Statement of Significance

A three-storey brick warehouse built in 1925 for the hardware and machinery merchants Eliza Tinsley and Co who had occupied the site since 1900. Prior to that it contained the Centennial Coffee Palace. The warehouse was designed by architect Robert Sloan and continued the tradition of large warehouse associated with agricultural machinery established in the western end of Bourke Street in the 1870s.
Classified: 06/06/1994

Group

Commercial

Category

Warehouse/storage area