Brown Bros. Warehouse (former) including interior
19 Mercer Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 216200
City East Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former Brown Brothers British and Foreign Warehouse was manufactured as a prefabricated iron structure by an unknown foundary and imported and erected in 1854 for G and WH Brown, importers and outfitters. Situated on the corner of Ginn and Mercer Streets, Geelong, this two storey iron structure clad with 5" pitch corrugated iron contained Brown's shop and residence above. The facade originally consisting of cast iron and timber components has been altered. The upper segmental facade survives intact. This iron building is principally of importance as a rare surviving example of a once common industrialized building type of the mid nineteenth century. It is of great archaeological significance.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Trust.
Historic Buildings Council Register
REFERENCES
Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 331, 557 including illustrations p. 331.
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) File 1068. 'Research Into Iron Store Corner and Ginn Street, Geelong' - September 1976.
Historic Buildings Preservation Council File G/2/17.
Geelong Historical Society - 'Information Relating to the Prefabricated Iron Storey' - PF Alsop, 6 September 1976 - Summary of Research Notes.
Geelong Historical Records Centre - Commercial Memento Collection.
Invoice dated March, 1859 - with illustrations of building as letterhead. 'Brown Brothers Importers and Outfitters 104-106 Mercer Street'
Illustration reproduced in Brownhill p.331.
Herbert, Gilbert - Pioneers of Prefabrication, The British Contribution in the Nineteenth Century, John Hopkins University Press Baltimore 1978.
For a general history of prefabricated iron buildings and particularly the work of Charles D Young and Co. pp. 159-161, 164-165.
Removed from City Fringe Heritage Area (HO1639)
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volume 4(a)
Author: Helen Lardner
Year: 1995
Grading: AGeelong City Fringe Heritage Area Review
Author: RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants
Year: 2018
Grading:
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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