c. 1908- : Eliza Jane Sprigg and husband, William Gardiner Sprigg, accountant, speculator, secretary of Melbourne Tramway Co. and a founding member of the Albert Street Baptist Church. The terrace houses at 204-208 Albert Street were built for him in 1859.
1940s: Mrs. Franzi. Mrs. Franzi leased the house and ran it as a boarding house. When the owner died she was given first right of refusal but thought it would mean having all her eggs in one basket and she rejected the offer. Her young son, Kevin, lived with her. He went to Collingwood Tech. His first job was as a messenger boy for Mr. Williams, the local chemist. On leaving Collingwood Tech he was initially employed by Herschell's, documentary film producers, of Agnes Street, Jolimont. This was the first step in a career of over sixty years as a photographer and photo journalist. He was for a time senior editor with Crawfords and worked on the TV series, Homicide.