Brook
East Melbourne, Gipps Street 070, 072, 074, Salisbury Terrace
Description:
A terrace of three two storey houses with cast iron balconies. The cast iron is not original and it is not known whether it has been reproduced from an original sample. The cast iron fences and gates are original.
History:
Samuel Noble Brook (c.1853-1940), first owner and builder of Salisbury Terrace, was variously described as an ornamental ironworker and an importer, however 'it apears that he operated as a self employed building developer for most of his life in business in Melbourne.' [Willingham] On completion of the property Brook sold it to The Standard Mutual Building Society, who within four months had p