Single houses
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 021, Nyoora
Large, 9-roomed, wooden house with stabling and coachhouse
The house was built in 1854 for George Smyth. He was at the time a marine and fire insurance broker and later manager of the Professional Life Assurance Company. In September 1853 he advertised for an ‘Imported Wood house about 40 feet by 30 feet, for a private residence’.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 028
Double fronted, single storey house of rendered brick. The facade has been stripped bare, possibly as a result of the modernisation movement that swept Melbourne in the lead up to the 1956 Olympic Games. The verandah and front fence have been removed. Any decorative treatment along the parapet line or around the door and wall openings has also been removed.
28 Simpson Street, for a period known as Hobartville, was built in 1854 by Charles James Hardy for himself. Hardy and his wife, Mercy, and baby son, arrived in Port Phillip on 15 Jan 1849 aboard the Duchess of Northumberland as assisted immigrants. At the time Hardy described himself as a bricklayer.
East Melbourne, Simpson Street 093, Little Broomfield
Brochure advertising the auction of 93 Simpson Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 7 December 1991
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 121
Black and white photo shows a single-storey double-fronted house. There is a verandah to one side with timber posts and freize which shelters the front door and a single window. The projecting bay on the other side features a tripartite window set under a gable roof trimmed with decorative bargeboards.
In 1902 a second storey was added to the house.
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East Melbourne, Simpson Street 16
A simple tuckpointed red brick dwelling render bands and projecting bay window with recesses either side. [i-heritage database]
The house at 16 Simpson Street was built for John Kerr, a man of independent means. John’s father, James Dawson Kerr, engineer with the firm of Robinson Bros, built the two neighbouring terrace houses, known as Clyde Terrace, in 1873. The family lived at No 12 while renting out the other house.
Games guru Gosper quietly pockets a festive $7m
Report on sale of Kevan Gosper's house at 54 Powlett Street, East Melbourne
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Historical Sketch of 179 Gipps Street, East Melbourne as understood in August 1971
A typescript document recording the history of the property at 179 Gipps Street by its then owner and occupier, Winston H Burchett. The history starts with the earliest land grant to the Church of England of the entire block. This was later revised and the land released for public sale. The history continues in some detail until 1971.
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JJ Clark's house renovated
Newspaper clipping reporting on the renovation of architect JJ Clark's 1869 house on the corner of Gipps and Powlett Streets, East Melbourne. SJB Architects reworked and extended the home.
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Jolimont, Charles Street 019, Home
Coloured photograph of 19 Charles Street, Jolimont.
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Jolimont, Charles Street 019, Home
This early (1870) render dwelling with parapet and vertical 4 pane windows intact was altered by the addition of a concrete verandah. However, the addition has contributed to the appearance of this building and should remain. The cyclone gate and scenic leadlight of this building (1920 section) are intact. [i-Heritage]
When Charles La Trobe, lieutenant-governor of Victoria, left Melbourne to return to England in 1854 he left his friend, Dr James Palmer, to sub-divide and sell his Jolimont estate. Palmer bought the Jolimont Square section himself and subdivided the rest of the land around the periphery of estate for sale to individual buyers. The section in the middle of the estate which was occupi