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Phineas Seeligson's

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'''Phineas Seeligson's''' is a heritage-listed building in [[Perth, Western Australia]].<ref name="inherit">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Located at 143 [[Barrack Street]] in the [[Perth central business district|city's central business district]], it has also been known as '''City Loans Office''',<ref name="PV 21May2015">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and more recently '''Toastface'''.<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Phineas Seeligson's building on Barrack Street, c1894.jpg|thumb|Barrack Street . Phineas Seeligson's City Loans Office is on the right.]]
The building at 143 Barrack Street was purpose-built for Phineas Seeligson in 1894, a pawn-broker and prominent member of the local Jewish community. He had, since at least the previous year, been operating from 201-03 [[Murray Street, Perth|Murray Street]], and was one of only two pawnbrokers listed in Perth.<ref name="RoHP AD">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The building was designed by architect [[Henry Stirling Trigg]],<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/> and opened as a second branch of Seeligson's pawnbroking business,<ref name="RoHP AD"/> under the name "The City Loan Office".<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/>

By 1898 Seeligson had sold the business to A. T. Jones, but remained the owner of the builder. Upon Seeligson's death in [[Mount Lawley, Western Australia|Mount Lawley]] in 1935, his will left money for various charities, with the bulk of his estate given to the Jewish community for the "assistance of poor and indigent members of the Jewish community in Western Australia, and for the fuller education of Jewish graduates of the [[University of Western Australia]] whose parents are unable to provide for such education".<ref name="RoHP AD"/> A clause in the will stipulated that his trustees were not to sell the property for 30 years, as Seeligson was convinced it would increase in value and be of greater benefit to his specified charitable causes.<ref name="RoHP AD"/>

Jones ran the pawnbroking shop with his brother-in-law Ernest Dyson until 1930, during which time Dyson and his family lived in a residence above the shop.<ref name="RoHP AD"/>
Over the following 30 years, various business were located in the building's shop, initially the Chinese restaurant Cafe Nanking – one of the first on Perth<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/> – which opened on 22 November 1930. It was later used by a butcher, naturopath, as record store, and in the 1950s, an [[Australia and New Zealand Banking Group|ANZ]] bank branch.<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/>
Other businesses used the premises until the 1990s, including a bridal shop and the World Record Club.<ref name="RoHP AD"/>

By 2008, the building had been mostly unused for approximate 50 years, apart from the ground-floor shop, where a hairdresser was located.<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/>
Peter Rossdeutcher bought the building, and undertook conservation works which were awarded a Certificate of Merit in the [[City of Perth]]'s 2014 biennial Heritage Awards.<ref name="RoHP AD"/> The seven-year restoration project included completing a detailed conservation plan, repairing the upper level's Romanesque facade, and finding new tenants. The Toastfaced Grillah cafe moved into the rear of the property, accessed via Grand Lane, and became such a popular venue that the whole building was named Toastface.<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/> , the front shop was still the hairdresser, and the rest of the building was used as a space for meetings, a filming venue<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/> and studio<ref name="RoHP AD"/> for bands, and shared office space.<ref name="ABC 4Jun2015"/>

== Description ==
The building at 143 Barrack Street, on the west side of the street, is a three storey tuck-pointed brick building, situated amongst single and two storey buildings from the same era. The building has a basement level, and the roof is made from corrugated iron. Its design has elements of the Federation Romanesque architectural style, including a high-pitched gable, and an ornamented stucco facade. The front of the building has a suspended metal lined awning, which replaced the original two-storey verandah in the mid-20th century. A timber staircase in the centre of the building provides access from the ground floor to the upper levels; a second one at the rear gives access to the basement.<ref name="RoHP AD"/>

== References ==


[[Category:Buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Heritage places in Perth, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Barrack Street, Perth]]


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