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Dempsey

East Melbourne, Simpson Street 158, 162

Description: 

A pair of double-fronted two-storey brick houses

History: 

A pair of attached double-fronted houses of two-storeys built by Martin Hood for himself in 1870.  Hood was born in Ireland and was a devout member of the Irish Catholic community.  He joined the St Patrick’s Society from his first arrival and was its president on many occasions.  He was also a teetotaller making him an unexpected manager of a brewery.  [For further on Marti

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