1889. MCC BR: Blackwell and Dalton, architects of Collins Street, to build and superintend a 2-storey house for J.S. Wood, Esq. James Wood was a principal of Wood Dunn and Co. Dairy Produce Merchants and Exporters of 26 Market Street, Melbourne.
1890. J. Wood - owner/occupier. 12 rooms.
1898. MCC BR: Additions to 'Woodlands' for James Wood - probably its original name. [Gabrielle Morgan, Wood's g-g-grand-daughter, advises that the correct name was Woodlawn]
1920. MCC BR: J.T. Meadows for James Wood, alterations and additions to guest house.
1940. MCC BR: H. Ripper alterations and additions to guest house.
Notes: Notation on card, house called 'Eastcourt Guest House' - dated 1936. There was another 'Eastcourt'. Balcombe's at 122 George Street.
Classified National Trust. See card for citation. [Gabrielle Morgan further advises that Woodlawn was renamed Eastcourt when James Wood bought part of the Eastcourt land at the rear.]
Burchett has crossed out the Age clipping as the information in it is incorrect: James Wood was a dairy produce merchant, not an architect.
Part of Winston Burchett's index card set, created and used by Winston Burchett to support his research and writings. The set of cards is held by the East Melbourne Library and is fully digitised and published by the East Melbourne Historical Society with the permission of the Library.
The reliability of the information in this set of cards varies considerably. It should not be used as a primary source but as a lead to other sources.