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Porter

East Melbourne, Albert Street 332, 334

Description: 

A pair of two-storey, single fronted houses built as mirror twins, with front doors side by side under arched porticos. Verandahs on the ground floor, no balconies. Regency influence.

History: 

The first owner of this pair of houses, John Alfred Porter, Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, built his own house at 332 Albert Street first and then a matching one two years later as an investment. Henry Gyles Turner, eminent in his professional world of banking, and equally so in Melbourne's literary world, lived at 334 Albert Street for a time.

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 332, 334 - Burchett

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Pair of brick houses each of 7 rooms and stable built in 1856 by Robert White for John A Porter - owner. John A Porter was a manufacturer of billiard and bagatelle tables. 334 was occupied in 1875 by Henry Eyles Turner,

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East Melbourne, George Street 135 - Burchett

1860. MCC BR: Joseph Mathews for self 2-storied house and offices. Old house No.72.
1862. Names mentioned: Joseph Mathews - owner. Oliver Parnham - occupier.
1870. Names mentioned: Joseph Mathews - owner. G. Porter - occupier.
1939. Directory: Wm. A. Whittingham.

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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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