Skinner
East Melbourne, Hotham Street 166 - Burchett
1867. MCC BR: Thos. W. Stewart. 4-room house with stabling.
1870. Thos. Stewart - owner/occupier.
1872-81. Names mentioned: Thos.W. Stewart, contractor. Thos. Skinner. Was numbered as 38a.
1895. Name mentioned: Mr. Henry Wood. Was then numbered as 91c.
1896-1901. Name mentioned: Mrs. Grace Wood.
1902-10. Name mentioned: Timothy Ryan.
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East Melbourne, Hotham Street 168, 170
A pair of terrace style houses, with cast iron balcony.
The land on which this pair of houses sits was part of a three acre plot originally granted to the Church of England. The land was put up for sale on 7 Feb 1863 and was described as ‘ … very eligible piece of building land, adjoining the episcopal residence, Hotham-Street, East Melbourne, having 36ft. frontage thereto, by 150ft. deep.
East Melbourne, Vale Street 024
A two storey rendered terrace with austere rendered embellishments and two storey balustraded colonnaded parapet over. The fence and verandah tiles are intact as is the fine leadlight over the entry. [East Melbourne and Jolimont Conservation Study 1983]
This house was built for G A Gibbs by Timmins & Moles of 27 McKean St., Fitzroy in 1891.
George Arthur Gibbs was secretary of the Metropolitan Board of Works, a post he held for 37 years. He was less faithful to his place of residence and sold it in 1897 to Eliza Welch.