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Storer

East Melbourne, Albert Street 128, 130

Description: 

A pair of two-storey single fronted houses with cast iron balconies.

History: 

Thomas Wright, who built and owned the houses was a contractor who built many houses in the East Melbourne area. He lived next door and had his workshop behind, on the site now known as 1 Contractors Lane. The houses were built as investment properties and were let. After his death the properties remained in the ownership of his wife at least until 1890.

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