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A.G. Barlow stables, Mentone, 1925

A.G. Barlow stables, Mentone, 1925

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Proposed timber & iron racing stables at Mentone for A.G. Barlow esq.
Arthur W. Purnell
1925
Arthur Purnell Collection
University of Melbourne Archives

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In 1925 Purnell designed racing stables for Barlow in Mentone, an outer-Melbourne seaside suburb. The two-storey weatherboard building was on the corner of Lower Dandenong Road and Levanto Street. Barlow sold all of his racehorses in March 1927, but he held onto the stables and leased them out.

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The Purnells’ wedding day, 1908

Café Canton, Swanston Street, 1910

Factory, 19 Punch Lane, Melbourne, 1911

Proposed Tea House, 1913

Factory, 22 Punch Lane, Melbourne, 1914

Former Sue Gay furniture factory in 2005

Shameen, Malvern, 1916

Tsohshaan Mansions, Toorak, 1917

Tsohshaan Mansions in 2005

A.G. Barlow’s house, South Yarra, 1924

A.G. Barlow stables, Mentone, 1925

Clifton Springs Seaside Golf House and Hotel, 1926

A.G. Barlow’s house, Beach Road, 1927

Arlington Café, 1928

Shan Teng, South Yarra, 1928

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