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{{Infobox building
| name                = Michelides Tobacco Factory
| former_names        = 
| alternate_names     = Peters Ice Cream Factory<br />Tony Barlow Menswear Building
| status              = Demolished
| image               = Michelides Tobacco Factory Building.png
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| image_size          = 300px
| caption             = Michelides Tobacco Factory c. 1940 
| building_type       = Industrial, commercial
| architectural_style = [[Art Deco]]
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| client              = Michelides Ltd
| owner               = Pelworth Pty Ltd
| address             = 1 Lake Street<br />92-98 [[Roe Street, Perth|Roe Street]]
| location_town       = [[Northbridge, Western Australia]] 
| location_country    = Australia
| coordinates         = {{coord|-31.948|115.856|region:AU|display=inline}}
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| start_date          = 1922
| completion_date     = 1923
| opened_date         = 5 October 1922
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| renovation_date     = 1934, 1936
| demolition_date     = 2014
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| ren_architect       = Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown (1934, 1936)
| ren_firm            = W. Fairbrother and Son (1936)<ref name="west-tender">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25146422 | title=Tobacco Factory Extension | work=The West Australian | date=4 April 1936 | accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>
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The '''Michelides Tobacco Factory''' building was an [[Art Deco|Interwar Art Deco]] building in [[Northbridge, Western Australia]] constructed in stages between the early 1920s and mid-1930s. The building was later known as the '''Peters Ice Cream Factory''' and the '''Tony Barlow Menswear Building'''. At the time of demolition, the factory was the only extant industrial building in [[Perth]] to be remodelled into the [[Art Deco]] style.<ref name="west-demolition-2014">{{cite news | url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/latest/a/20992422/demolition-order-upsets-heritage-experts/ | title=Demolition order upsets heritage experts | work=The West Australian | date=24 January 2013 | accessdate=24 January 2014 | author=Zaw, Yolanda}}</ref>

==Construction==
The first stage of the factory was constructed in 1922 by Michelides Ltd, a Western Australian tobacco company. The [[Premier of Western Australia]], [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|Sir James Mitchell]] opened the original factory in October 1922.<ref name="northbridgehistory">{{cite web | url=http://www.northbridgehistory.wa.gov.au/Documentation/NBHDC-0387.pdf | title=Michelides Tobacco Factory | publisher=Government of Western Australia | work=Northbridge History Project | accessdate=21 January 2014 | author=Cullity, Garrett James | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170202/http://www.northbridgehistory.wa.gov.au/Documentation/NBHDC-0387.pdf | archivedate=1 February 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="sundaytimes-1922opening">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58034771 | title=Enterprise in the Golden West | work=The Sunday Times | date=8 October 1922 | accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>

In 1934 a two storey extension to the factory was built on Roe Street next to the 1922 building. The extension was designed by the architecture firm Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown in the [[Art Deco]] style.<ref name="west-1934">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32937893 | title=Michelides' Factory | work=The West Australian | date=7 July 1934 | accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>

In 1936 the 1922 building on the corner of Lake and Roe Street was upgraded. This building was integrated with the 1934 building to form a single building.<ref name="northbridgehistory"/> This addition was again designed by Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown.<ref name="west-1936">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25133347 | title=Tobacco Factory Extension | work=The West Australian | date=14 March 1936 | accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="daily-news">{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83004041 | title=Michelides Built New Primary Industry | work=Daily News | date=10 May 1937 | accessdate=21 January 2014}}</ref>

==Land use==
The factory was built by Michelides Ltd, a company who grew tobacco and produced tobacco products. Prior to construction of the factory the Michelides had produced hand-made cigarettes, but with the introduction of mechanisation were able to increase their market share.<ref name="northbridgehistory" />

With the decline of the local tobacco industry, harvesting of tobacco ceased in late 1959, and cigarette production ceased early in 1960.<ref name="yiannakis">{{cite book | url=http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/jspui/bitstream/2328/8079/1/131-142_Yiannakis.pdf | title=Peter Michelides: Globalisation and the demise of a Western Australian tobacco tycoon | publisher=Flinders University | author=Yiannakis, John N. | year=2009 | location=Adelaide | pages=131–142}}</ref> The factory later became part of the [[Peters Ice Cream]] factory.<ref name="west-demolition-2014"/> The ice cream factory had started out on the corner of [[Milligan Street, Perth|Milligan]] and Roe Streets<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38695934|title=Ice Cream for Perth|newspaper=Western Mail|date=4 November 1937|page=37|accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58792744|title=Peters Build a New Ice-cream Factory|newspaper=Sunday Times|date=24 October 1937|page=22|accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref> and expanded its operations to take in the former tobacco factory.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://media.mra.wa.gov.au/Documents/Perth-City-Link/20406_56911_New-era-for-historic-site.pdf | title=New era for historic site | publisher=Government of Western Australia | work=Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority | date=April 2013 | accessdate=22 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211726/http://media.mra.wa.gov.au/Documents/Perth-City-Link/20406_56911_New-era-for-historic-site.pdf | archive-date=1 February 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

After the departure of Peters for a site in [[Balcatta, Western Australia|Balcatta]], the site was leased to Tony Barlow Menswear. The retailer left the building in 2009 after 20 years in Northbridge.<ref name="west-cbdrevival">{{cite news | url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/6038581/tony-barlow-backs-the-cbd-revival/ | title=Tony Barlow backs the CBD revival | work=The West Australian | date=16 September 2009 | accessdate=22 January 2014 | author=Ryan, Vivienne}}</ref>

==Heritage and demolition==
[[File:Perth buildings gnangarra-113.jpg|thumb|The building on 1 February 2014]]
In 2009 the [[City of Perth]] approved the demolition of the building suggesting that the art deco façade was not genuine and had been added in the 1980s. The approval was granted despite the proposed replacement building being twice the council's height limit. The development approval lapsed before the demolition could take place.<ref name="perth-da-approval">{{cite web | url=http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/static_files/committee_minute_archive/1538.pdf | title=Minutes - Planning Committee | publisher=City of Perth | work=3 November 2009 | accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="west-demolition-2009">{{cite news | title=Roe Street development gets council green light | work=The West Australian | date=18 November 2009 | author=Ryan, Vivienne |author2=Thomas, Beatrice}}</ref><ref name="heritagehurdle">{{cite news | url=http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Heritage-hurdle-to-development/7649540/ | title=Heritage hurdle to development | work=inMyCommunity | date=27 August 2013 | accessdate=21 January 2014 | publisher=Community Newspaper Group}}</ref>

The building was classified by the [[National Trust of Australia]] in 2013.<ref name="heritagehurdle"/><ref name="heritage">{{cite web | url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/da5d2989-c476-4bc8-9bf1-354c42f7df42 | title=Michelides Tobacco Factory (fmr) | publisher=Government of Western Australia | work=Heritage Council of Western Australia | accessdate=21 January 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203001123/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/da5d2989-c476-4bc8-9bf1-354c42f7df42 | archivedate=3 February 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2013 the Western Australian Heritage Minister decided against state heritage protection for the building.<ref name="west-demolition-2014" />

The City of Perth council in January 2014 again approved the demolition of the factory, citing the lack of state heritage listing.<ref name="west-demolition-2014" /> This was despite a concerted effort by heritage groups,<ref>{{cite news | title=Tobacco building's demolition approved | date=29 January 2014 | last=Zaw | first=Yolanda | newspaper=The West Australian | pages=7}}</ref> along with a social media campaign led by online history group "Museum of Perth", to save the building.<ref name="voice-puff">{{cite news | url=http://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2014/01/23/gone-in-a-puff/ | title=Gone in a puff | work=The Perth Voice | date=23 January 2014 | accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="voice-factory-smoked">{{cite news | url=http://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2014/01/31/factory-smoked-by-pcc/ | title=Factory smoked by PCC | work=The Perth Voice | date=31 January 2014 | accessdate=7 February 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Art Deco architecture in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Northbridge, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Tobacco buildings]]