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
