Messrs, C. J. Dennys New Wool Store, Geelong.

C.19th engraving of Dennys Lascelles Wool Stores at 26 Moorabool Street, Geelong.

The Denny Lascelles was the first building in Victorian planned to facilitate storage, inspection and marketing of wool in one operation, and upon completion was the second largest store in the colony. The warehouse regularly fenestrated and lit by addition roof skylights, was a model for later woolstores built throughout Australia and in London. CJ Denny’s was large responsible for establishment and development of the wool marketing industry in Geelong and is a figure of significance in the history of settlement in Geelong. The woolstore, a basalt structure with cement rendered ornamentation, was erected for CJ Denny’s and Co, in 1872 to the design of Jacob Pitman, Architect.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Australian News. 

Collections:
University Queensland: Identifier 991000982479703131
State Library Victoria: PCINF IAN 04-09-76 P.133
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2495305
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS F079/55, TN380
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 079.94 I29d

References:
Syme, E. & D, Illustrated Australian News. ISSN 2208-5386.