Shop at 117 Nicholson Street
117 Nicholson Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2059023900
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Statement of Significance
Architecturally, a masterly and complete Moderne shop design. Historically, identified with a locally prominent jeweller family.
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Shop at 117 Nicholson Street - Physical Description 1
Obviously a renovation, some of the row it once joined survives in nearer its original state at 121 and south-ward. Nevertheless, the renovation was complete and accomplished, introducing a full-blown Moderne styled facade to the then dominantly late Victorian streetscape. Vertical ribbing frames the upper level and wraps over the top as rounded shoulders for the otherwise austere parapet. The main window group is topped with a similarly rounded cement hood, the framing is steel and above it, the firm's trade (Jewellers) is spelt out in avant-garde surface-mounted metal lettering.
The canopy echoes this vernacular and, below it, the gleaming streamlined brass-framed and vitrolite shopfront provides a faithful expression of the 1930 and the Moderne art form. Terrazzo flooring is patterned and bears the firm's name. Internal fittings appear original.
Shop at 117 Nicholson Street - Integrity
External Integrity
Fluorescent batten fitting attached to window hood and a sympathetic illuminated sign under the canopy.
Shop at 117 Nicholson Street - Physical Description 2
Streetscape
Although its design destroyed part of the 1890s period streetscape, it retains the parapeted stuccoed form of its former row and the 19th Century streetscape which extends to the south.
Heritage Study and Grading
Maribyrnong - City of Footscray Urban Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1989
Grading:
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FORMER BARKLY THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H0878
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PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.253Victorian Heritage Register H1713
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FOOTSCRAY RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1563
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