Gipps Street
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 010
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Very narrow single fronted two storey house.
This little house was built as an investment for George Milton. The rate books described it as having six rooms on land eleven feet by sixty-six feet.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 015, Faraday House
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Two storeyed, single fronted house with cast iron balcony, in the style of a terrace house.
The 1870 Rate Books list John Kelly as the owner, and describe the house as having '6 rooms bathroom 2 kitchens servants room and shed'. Thereafter it is listed simply as 8 rooms.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 041-043, Ola Cohn Centre
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The building faces Ola Cohn Place, with the rear facing Gipps Street.
This building was designed as livery stables by the notable architect, Charles d'Ebro in 1888 for William Taylor.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 070-74, Salisbury Terrace
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A terrace of three two storey houses with cast iron balconies. The cast iron is not original and it is not known whether it has been reproduced from an original sample.
Samuel Noble Brook (c.1853-1940), first owner and builder of Salisbury Terrace, was variously described as an ornamental ironworker and an importer, however 'it apears that he operated as a self em
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 084, The Haven
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A single storey, single fronted house, with a cement rendered 1930s facade. It has a two storey studio at the rear.
George Waterstrom owned this house from the time it was built until his death in 1907. He lived in the house until 1873, during which time it is described as two rooms.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 104
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The residence at 104 Gipps Street is a two storey rendered Brick townhouse with a refined almost Regency air.
104 Gipps Street is historically significant for its association with J J Clark, one of Australia's most important architects in the second half of the nineteenth century.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 118, Crathre House
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A large two storey cement rendered house in the Italianate style.
Pre-history: Before Crathre House was built there was another house on the site - a large wooden house known as The Bungalow. This house was owned by Henry Dyer as an investment property.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 155
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A two storey brick house with a pitched slate roof and simple cement rendered facade without verandah or balcony.
The house first appears in the rate books in 1864 and is described as having five rooms. In 1868 it appears as six rooms.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 155, 157
BW photo. Street scene with 155 and 157 Gipps Street. Reprint. C. 1962.
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 157
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Single storey, single fronted house with bay window. A second storey has been added to the rear.
In 1865 a three roomed cottage was erected towards the rear of the land. By 1869 the house had doubled in size to six rooms.