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Stanford House

East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180 - Burchett

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Built c1872 for William Stanford
Demolished c1934 to build Freemasons Hospital.

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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180 - Stanford House

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Photograph of Stanford House. Probably taken in the 1920s judging by the clothing of the passers-by and the condition of the street and surrounding houses.

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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180, Stanford House

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A photo of c.1934 shows a large symmetrical house. The central section has a steep roof with attic windows, and is flanked by Italianate pavillions, each with a bay window.

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The house is believed to be the first built in East Melbourne after the first Crown land sales of 1852 opened the suburb up to the public. It was built for Henry Cooke and was described in the 1854 Rate Books as a wooden house of 12 rooms plus a kitchen and stables, etc.

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East Melbourne, Vanishing Melbourne, 180 Clarendon Street

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Newspaper clipping - historical article centering on 180 Clarendon Street. It was previously known as Eaglestone Villa, Stanford House, The Arms of Jesus Babies Home, before it was demolished to make way for the Freemasons Hospital. Henry Cooke and Thomas Welton Stanford were among its previous owners. Stanford employed Louise Friedrichs as a maid.

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Mr. Cooke's House

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Copy of pencil drawing of Mr. Henry Cooke's House, then known as Egglestone Villa. A later owner Thomas Welton Stanford called it Stanford House. Later again it was the Arms of Jesus Babies' Home. Originally a prefabricated house, believed to be the first private house in East Melbourne.

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