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Turbot House’ was built in 1916, Architect: E.M. Myers. It was constructed for the Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company, as it was on a site close to the Roma Stret Markets precinct. It was a 5-storey warehouse, with cooling chambers for fruit and vegetables, plus office space on the upper floors. The Co-operative retained it until the Markets moved to Rocklea in 1964. It the became City offices, before being converted into a hotel in the 1990s.
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Brisbane City Council, Heritage Register Summary, http://bit.ly/2tcbR3g
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Map References
MLMS. 8 chain series 1904–1917—Brisbane. 8 chains to the inch. Cadastral map of Brisbane and Suburbs sheet 5. MLMS 8 Chain