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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 128, 130, 132, Nepean Terrace

Description: 

A terrace of three two storey houses in Regency style. The brick facade is unpainted and there is a timber verandah.

History: 

This regency style terrace, with its distinctive timber verandah, was built in 1863 for Henry Dyer, lime and cement merchant, as an investment. Dyer lived with his family around the corner at 121 Powlett Street.

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East Melbourne, Punt Road 1035, 1037, 1039

Description: 

Three terrace houses built in a stepped arrangement to accomodate the steep slope of the site.

History: 

The first house on this allotment was a remnant of the old Mounted Police Barracks.  It and the hospital, which became the Berry Street Babies’ Home, were the only two buildings to remain after all the others were cleared in preparation for the subdivision and sale of the site in 1881.

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