Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Queenslander
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Corner Shop
Corner Shop
Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Queenslander
This corner shop was built about 1924 following the transfer of the property from William Henry Parker to John Edward Harcourt in December 1923. Though Harcourt moved to Sandgate in 1932 where he established and was principal of the Q.B. Cigarette Company, he was listed as having a corner store on the New Farm site from 1924-1934. The shop was subsequently operated by George Mayes until the late 1930s. Following Harcourt’s death in 1937 the property was transferred to his wife Naomi, who retained it until 1946. This corner store, and the one at 253 Moray Street, are the only two timber interwar stores remaining on the south-western section of New Farm between Brunswick Street and the river. The growth of these stores was a response to the growth of interwar housing in the area. They provided the local community with day-to-day household provisions before the proliferation of chain stores in the postwar years.
Lot plan
L1_SP195438; L2_SP195438; L3_SP195438
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) Representative; (E) AestheticInteractive mapping
Lot plan
L1_SP195438; L2_SP195438; L3_SP195438
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) Representative; (E) AestheticInteractive mapping
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
References
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Brisbane City Council Properties on the Web
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Brisbane City Council, 1946 aerial photographs.
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Brisbane City Council, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan No 172, 18 June 1925
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995, pg 53
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Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Certificates of Title.
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Queensland Post Office Directory, J.E. Harcourt: 1924-25; 1929-30; 1933; 1934. Geo Mayes: 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938
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Queensland Electoral Rolls, Electoral District of Brisbane, Subdivision of Merthyr, 1925 [John Edward Harcourt, River rd., storekeeper]; Subdivision of Sandgate 1936-1937 [John Edward Harcourt, Jetty St, Sandgate, manufacturer]
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Bennett, H, ‘New Farm from quality street to mixed assortment’, Brisbane Houses, Gardens, Suburbs and Congregations, Papers No 22, Brisbane History Group, 2010 pg 151-166
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Schiavo, J., ‘A companion to the watercolours of New Farm: An exhibition by Gladys Blundell’, No 17, New Farm & Districts Historical Society, 1998
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Courier-Mail, 31 Dec 1937, pg 1; pg 12
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)