A block of eighteen flats. Built of brick with a Tudor-Byzantine exterior, with Spanish influence. Decorative brickwork and painted incised render. Art deco interiors
From construction in the 1930s until late 1989 privately owned rental investment residential flats. Nine one bedroom flats; three two bedroom flats; six bed-sitters. Also tower, at that time for communal use. Whole property of eighteen apartments auctioned individually in late 1989, as a company share property - Arbe Questa Nominees. The tower is now privately owned as part of Apt. 18. Some apartments, although restored, have retained original features.
ELECTORAL ROLL 1934 [SUBDIVISION, EAST MELBOURNE]
308 BARNES,Hannah Alice [H/D]
2064 ESLER, Ivy [H/D]
2065 ESLER, Robert Christie [Chemist]
4153 LORD, Flora Elizabeth [H/D]
4154 LORD, Leslie Harold [Driver]
5749 RANKINE, Winifred [Clerk]
ELECTORAL ROLL 1936 [SUBDIVISION EAST MELBOURNE]
1457 COOPER,Daniel Eugene [Physiotherapist]
1462 COOPER,Gwendoline Mabel [H/D]
2053 FIELD, Marguerite Rose [Hairdresser]
4664 McMINN,Gordon Earle Stewart [Journalist]
5766 PEASLEY, George Frederick [Driver]
5767 PEASLEY, Violet May [Clerk]
6015 RANKINE, Winifred [Clerk]
6632 SINDREY, Albert William [Merchant]
6852 STEELE, Jonathan George [Traveller]
6854 STEELE, Thelma Leslie [H/D]
7641 WHEARE,Eustace Leonard [Investor]
7902 WOOD, Emily Mary [H/D]
7912 WOOD, William Henry [Traveller]
ELECTORAL ROLL 1939. SUBDIVISION OF EAST MELBOURNE.
3626 DUCKWORTH, Winifred Sleeman [H/D]
4031 EVERLY, Eilleen Monica [H/D]
4032 EVERLY, Thomas Francis [Bank Official]
6526 JAMES, Evan [Clerk]
7371 LANE, George Rogert [Accountant]
7372 LANE, Mabel Noel [H/D]
8455 MACLEAN, Ian Alister Fraser [Chemist]
8459 MACLEAN,Vivienne Eileen [H/D]
8544 McMINN, Gordon Earle Stewart [Journalist]
8860 MARSHALL, Frances Elizabeth Pearl [H/D]
8869 MARSHALL, William George [Accountant]
8970 MATHER, Thomas William [Principal]
8971 MATHER, Vera Martha [H/D]
9453 MORAN, James Bowen [Nil Occupation]
10593 PEARCE, William Thomas [Clerk]
10692 PETERSON, Lucy Elizabeth [H/D]
11093 RANKINE, Winifred [Clerk] 12289 SINDREY, Albert William [Merchant]
14608 WOOD, William Henry [Traveller]
ELECTORAL ROLL 1945. SUBDIVISION MELBOURNE.
3313 CUTLER, Elton Ray [Bookseller]
4407 EVERLY, Eileen Monica [H/D]
4408 EVERLY, Thomas Francis [Bank Official]
7248 JAMES, Evan [Clerk]
9026 McDONALD, Sheila Gwendoline [H/D]
9940 MATHER, Thomas William [Principal]
9941 MATHER, Vera Martha L. [H/D]
10101 MEREDITH, Ivy Winifred [H/D]
10123 MYER, Gwen [H/D]
10128 MYER, Samuel [Auditor]
10446 MORAN, Rose May [H/D]
10448 MORAN, Sheila May [Stenographer]
10858 NASH, Leslie Joseph [Cutter]
10859 NASH, Nancy Annie [H/D]
10925 NEUMANN, Shirley Gerrard [H/D]
10976 NICHOLAS, Phyllis Jean [H/D]
10990 NICHOLLS, Phyllis Eileen [Designer]
11117 NUTT, Gladys Irene [Clerk]
11118 NUTT, Reginald William J. [Engineer]
12298 RANKINE, Winifred [Clerk]
13628 SINDREY, Albert William [Merchant]
14497 TAYLOR, Harold Edwin [Constable]
ELECTORAL ROLL 1955
364 BAKER, George [Hairdresser]
366 BAKER, Hilma Jennifer [H/D]
427 BARKER,Patricia Mary [Secretary]
2025 COWAN, Patricia Muriel [Clerk]
2504 DICKENSON, Mary Veronica [H/D]
4366 HILL, Charles Harold [Sales]
4387 HILL, Kathleen Denise [Clerk]
5280 KLIEN, Bertha [Clerk]
6524 MATHER,Thomas William [Principal]
6525 MATHER, Vera Martha [H/D]
6634 MEREDITH, Ivy Winifred [H/D]
6639 MYER, GWEN [H/D] 6643 MYER, Samuel [Auditor]
6749 MITCHELL, Lavina Margaret [Clerk]
6750 MITCHELL, Madge [Public Servant]
6840 MORAN,Sheila May [Stenographer]
7072 NASH, Leslie Joseph [Cutter]
7073 NASH, Nancy Annie [[H/D]
7351 O'HALLORAN, Florence Agnes [Saleswoman]
8831 SINDREY, Albert William [Merchant]
9590 TOMLINSON, William Douglas [Fitter]
PROV Central Records Box 1165 Plan Unit 1654 [photocopies at EMHS]
The Herald, 23 Aug 1933, p.18: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243413947