Accession[1960.0003] Records of Clements Langford Pty LtdIdentifierUMA-ITE-1960000300061Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentBuilding was designed by H. W. & F. B. Tomkins Architects and located at 138 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Building was occupied by John Payne, Draper, Manufacturer and Importer. Built by master builders, Clements Langford Pty. Ltd in 1909. The company was originally established as Langford's small Richmond business around 1881. It became incorporated in 1923 and grew into one of Melbourne's largest building firms. See earlier building on same site occupied by Payne's Bon Marche, in 1904, 134-144 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Cyclopedia of Victoria (1905), volume 3, page 85.
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SubjectClements Langford Pty. Ltd.H. W. & F. B. Tompkins (Firm)Melbourne (Vic.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--PhotographsPayne (John) Draper Manufacturer and ImporterPayne, JohnStores, Retail--Victoria--Melbourne--PhotographsTompkins (H.W. and F.B.) Architects
Clements Langford Pty Ltd, Building occupied by John Payne. (c.1909 - 1912), [UMA-ITE-1960000300061]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 12/11/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/202831
