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Ploos van Amstel

East Melbourne, Powlett Street 132, 134, 136

Description: 

A terrace of three two storey houses. All of tuck-pointed brown brick with cast iron balconies. Two of the terraces are now painted. No. 136 has had its front fence removed.

History: 

The houses were completed in 1871 by building contractor, Robert Richardson, for himself. He advertised them on completion, 'To LET, three seven-roomed HOUSES in Powlett-street, with bathrooms, balcony back, and front'. They were referred to briefly as Richardson's terrace but since then appear not to have been known as a single entity, but rather by individual names. No.

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