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East Melbourne, Albert Street 092, Coniston

East Melbourne

  • 92 Albert Street

Building names

  • Coniston

Surnames

  • Green
  • Jenkins
  • Parker
  • Summers
  • Wilson
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Date built: 
1865
Demolished: 
1964
Builder: 
James Parker
First owner: 
James Parker
Description: 
A single storey brick house
History: 
The house was first built as a five roomed brick cottage but gained two more rooms c. 1885. From 1900 to about 1920 the house was occupied by John Hurst Green who then handed over the house to his younger son, also John Hurst Green (both were known as Jack) who had it until it was sold and demolished in 1964. Both were partners in a firm of produce merchants known as Hurst & Green, with premises at 92-94 Exhibition Street. Stables behind the house provided accommodation for their horses and carts until 1949 when the last horse drawn lorry was sold, apparently to the relief of neighbours who complained about the smell from the manure pit. The site is now occupied by a block of apartments.
Owners and occupiers: 
1865-1875c: James Parker 1880c: Thomas Richard Wilson, civil servant 1885c: Alfred Summers 1890c: J. Jenkins 1900-1920c: John Hurst Green (snr.), produce merchant 1920c-1964: John Hurst Green (jnr.), produce merchant
Sources: 
City of Melbourne Rate Books Burchett Index: Notices of Intent to Build, City of Melbourne, 10 March 1865, Reg. No. 754 Interview with Robert Green, nephew of John Hurst Green (jnr.)
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