Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Victorian 1860-1890, Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Filigree, Free Classical
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Row of Shops (197 to 201 Boundary Street, West End)
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Row of shops
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Corner shop
Row of shops
Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Victorian 1860-1890, Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Filigree, Free Classical
This row of shops is indicative of the changes that occurred to West End during the nineteenth century. By the 1870s, housing estates had converted farmland into suburban allotments. The establishment in the 1880s of a horse-drawn tram service with its terminus at the Boundary Hotel saw Boundary Street develop into West End’s commercial heart. In 1886, Richard Rogers built a two-storey row of shops running from the corner of Vulture Street and down Boundary Street. He leased the shops to a variety of businesses – drapers, fruiters, grocers and a friendly society, the Foresters. In the 1920s following a proposed road widening the corner of the 1886 building was demolished. In 1927-28, a new brick shop was built that included a basement storeroom.
Lot plan
L34_SP108857; L2_RP11158; L2_RP45291
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Interactive mapping
Lot plan
L34_SP108857; L2_RP11158; L2_RP45291
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Interactive mapping
History
This row of shops is indicative of the changes that occurred to West End during the nineteenth century. By the 1870s, housing estates had converted farmland into suburban allotments accessed by numerous streets. The establishment in the 1880s of a horse-drawn tram service with its terminus at the Boundary Hotel saw Boundary Street develop into West End‘s commercial heart. In 1886, Richard Rogers built a two-storey shop row running from the corner of Vulture Street and down Boundary Street. He leased the shops to a variety of businesses – drapers, fruiters, grocers as well to a friendly society, the Foresters. In the 1920s, the property was subdivided into three separate titles. In 1922, grocery Herbert Birchley purchased the corner allotment but within five years he was in dispute with the Brisbane City Council over a proposed road widening. Council resumed the entire the property and Birchley demanded compensation. Following a settlement, Council returned most of the land to Birchley who demolished the corner 1886 building. In 1927-28, he had a new brick shop built that included a basement storeroom. By 1981, this basement was operating as the ‘The Last Grenadier’ book & games shop accessed from within the ground-level hardware store. ‘The Last Grenadier’ grew into the ‘Napoleon’s Military Bookshop’ chain.
prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised March 2023)