Politicians
East Melbourne, George Street 192
Large double fronted, single storey house
This house, first known as Zeta, was built by W. J Fowles of Canterbury for Henry Charles Slocombe and his second wife, Beatrice May, in 1908. Henry’s first wife, Beatrice Cecelia, had died in 1904 after only two years of marriage.
East Melbourne, Victoria Parade 164, 166, Ardee
A two storey, verandahed and parapeted mansion symmetrically composed around an imposing side lighted doorway.
This house was designed by Crouch and Wilson and built by John O’Dea for Lawrence Benjamin, a clothier with premises in the ‘Beehive’ building at the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, opposite the General Post Office. He notified the Council of his intention to build on 6 April 1881 but on 4 February 1882 the house was advertised for sale on account of the owner going overseas.