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Sum-Kum Lee Trading Company

Location 112 - 114 Little Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4302 File Number B4302 Level State

[1/1] B4302 Sum Kum Lee

Statement of Significance

A building of 1887, designed by the architect De Lacy Evans, in a western interpretation of Chinese style, for Sum Kum Lee, a prominent Chinese merchant. It has historical associations, not only with the Chinese quarter of Little Bourke Street, but it also housed the offices of "Table Talk", a newspaper which exerted considerable influence during the "Land-Boom" period in Melbourne.
Classified 06/04/1978
Revised: 03/08/1998