Located between Herbert and King Streets, the old Butter Factory moved to this location by 1922. A new building was erected in 1932. The butter factory closed around 1977, after which it stood for many years before finally being demolished.
Discussion about building a Butter factory first started in 1895 at a number of public and council meetings. The location/building chosen for the original factory was in Walker street, later the factory was move to an old structure, having been built in the 1870s, at the Stud Road location. (we couldn't find trace of it's original purpose.) The original Butter Factory ceased operations in 1907.
The new Butter factory opened in 1912 near the intersection of Pickett Street and Railway Parade, operating from this site for a number of years, by 1922 they were at the Stud Road site pictured.
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We found the following in a copy of The Dandenong Journal for Sun 3 Jul 1932:
Industrial architecture of unusual design is applied to the new Dandenong butter factory (writes the “Herald.”) The new structure will occupy the site of the.old butter factory, which is one of Dandenong’s pioneer buildings, having been erected in the 1870’s. The area is 13,000 square feet, and the main factory covers about 3000 square feet. It is picturesquely situated behind the tree lined drive from Stud road. Yellow brickwork and struck jade green joints will provide a fresh color scheme.
The cream receiving room, testing room, can washing and drying rooms open off the main factory and are served with a side driveway for vehicles., The building is being floored throughout with steel-reinforced concrete covered with specially hard burnt tile paving graded to open concrete channels on either side. The walls are wainscotted inside with glazed tiles up to 7ft. high, and are continued to the ceiling height in yellow struck brickwork.
A mazanine floor is provided over a set of offices, print room and cool rooms. Cool room insulation is being carried out in a 4-inch cement surfaced cork-board for the doors, 2-inch cement reinforced corkboard for the walls and arctic packing over fibro cement sheeting for the ceilings. The coolrooms are separately insulated, allowing for either room to be used or the two at peak periods. The mezzanine floor is to accommodate butter boxes which are received from outside the building, through a front overhead doorway, and as required are lowered into the inside main factory, filled and conveyed with a minimum of handling to the cool rooms under the mezanine floor.
The main ceiling, which is surmounted by lantern louvres running longitudinally from the front to the rear of the buildings to provide permanent outlet ventilation, is finished with damp-proof, tinted cement sheeting. The roof is covered with a special composition to provide the maximum insulation of coolness in summer. Broad roof over-hangs are provided, externally, and the fenestration and general architectural treatment are suited in detail to the special functioning of a modern butter factory.
The architect for the work is Mr. I. G. Anderson; A.I.A.A. (Lond.), of 20 Queen street, Melbourne.
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