Section 27, on part of which this house stood, was largely given over to churches: The Free Presbyterians, the Primitive Methodists and the Methodist New Connexion, but on 16 October 1868 the rest of the land was sold at the Crown Land Sales. All the lots were bought by Isaacs and Moss, who resold them over the following year. Lot 1 was bought by W.H.

The house at 109 Albert Street appears to have been completed c.1877 when it first appears in the Rate Books (Albert Ward) as a brick house of 12 rooms. However there had been a lengthy gestation. The land on which it stood (Lot 16, Section 11) was bought at the first Crown Land Sales on 18 November 1852 for £200 by Luke Chambers, a builder.

These two houses were built by John O’Brien for William Lumsden and Eliza, his wife, in 1866. According to his short obituary in the Argus in 1905:

The house at 366 Albert Street East Melbourne was built in 1909 for the Rev Llewelyn David Bevan (1842-1918). It was built on the land which had once been the garden of the neighbouring house, No 364, which by this time Bevan owned.

This house was designed and built in 1898 by Joel J Eade for Herman Dehnert.  Joel James Eade was the son of Joel Eade who was also an architect, and a founder of the Collingwood School of Design.  The house appears to be one of the very few documented works by this architect. 

On the western side of Berry Street there used to stand a large red brick building known as the Servants’ Training Institute. It came into being when, as the Geelong Advertiser of 21 April 1879 reported:

This terrace of four houses was designed by Wight and Lucas for William McLean and built by Peirson and Wright.  It was completed in 1890.  

Mosspennock was built in 1881 for James Liddell Purves, Q.C. and was designed by Charles Webb. It is unusual for the curved glass in its front bow windows. Inside is a noteworthy library initially thought to be original to the building but later determined to have been removed from another house and installed later, possisbly in the 1930s.

Sir Austin Chapman (1864-1926) was an important participant in the push for Federation. He was a delegate to the 1890 Federation Conference in Melbourne; was elected to the first Parliament as member for Eden-Monaro and remained a member to the end of his life. He was minister for Defence and for Health at different times and was also Post Master General.

From 1874 to 1882 the Rate Books description is for a 19 room house. During this time it was rented by M. and Mme. Vieusseux (see also 206 Clarendon Street) who ran the East Melbourne Ladies School there. A report in The Argus of 18 December 1873 gives a description of the end of year concert.

The house was erected by R. Jones for John Gray in 1856.The first we know about John Gray is his marriage to Eliza (nee Abrahams) the widow of William Pyke in 1853. Their first child was born at Myross, Saltwater River, now Maribyrnong River. (There is now a Myross Avenue in Ascot Vale).

Philip Hudson, A.R.V.I.A, Stalbbridge Chambers, 443 Chancery lane, Melbourne also designed the Shrine of Remembrance, St. Kilda Road, called tenders for residential flats cf. Notice of Intent to build which says three storey brick dwelling. In 1915 the flats were described simply as, 'four, five roomed, private - bathroom, kitchen, self-contained'.

On 9 Aug 1912 The Herald ran a short article stating that,

Initially described in the Rate Books as six rooms, the following year the description changes to five rooms, pantry, bath and shed, and by 1875 it has become seven rooms. Fielding lived in the house until 1883 when he sold to Robert Richardson who added another room. From this time it was leased to the police and was the local police station.