Single houses
109 Albert Street, East Melbourne - Burnell
Colour photo shows house of unusual Moorish design. It was built for John Speechley Gotch, newsagent and partner in Gordon and Gotch. It was demolished in the 1960s to make way for expansion of the Freemasons Hospital.
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140 Jolimont Road for sale
Newspaper clipping reporting on the sale of the house at 140 Jolimont Road. The house was built by Thomas Jackson of Young and Jackson's. Article also gives a brief outline of the history of Jolimont.
[This item has been extracted from a longer article and reformatted]
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A new look for JJ Clark's house
Newspaper clipping describing the renovations undertaken at 104 Gipps Street, the former home of JJ Clark, architect of the Old Treasuryds building in Spring Street. The text is similar to that in another article but the photos are different (see link below).
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East Melbourne, Albert Street 364, 366
Two houses: the two-storey one on the left was built in 1909 in the garden of the three storey house on the right which was built in 1873. For over fifty years they were together known as Wellpark, a boarding house or guest house. Later one became a restaurant and the other was converted to offices. They remain on the one title.
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 206, Valetta House
A stucco-faced dwelling in a restrained version of the Regency style, remarkable for Palladian massing with two axes of symmetry and corner pavilions.
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).
East Melbourne, George Street 188
Photo shows large single house at 188 George Street, East Melbourne. It is one of East Melbourne's grandest remaining mansions and is richly decorated with an elaborate cast iron balcony and lead-light glazing,
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 042
Brochure advertising auction of 42 Gipps Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 18 November 1989. Black and white sketch. Floorplan. The house had been renovated by architect, Noel Crosling. The house sold for $550,000.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 150
Brochure advertising auction of 150 Hotham Street, East Melbourne scheduled for 12 May 1990. Black and white sketch. Floorplan. The house was passed in at $695,000.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 175
Two similar photos show house at 175 Hotham Street, East Melbourne known as Hotham House. It is a symmetrical house with balconies supported by a pair of centrally placed columns of the Tuscan Order.
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Historical Sketch of 179 Gipps Street, East Melbourne as understood in August 1971
A typescript document recording the history of the property at 179 Gipps Street by its then owner and occupier, Winston H Burchett. The history starts with the earliest land grant to the Church of England of the entire block. This was later revised and the land released for public sale. The history continues in some detail until 1971.
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