Verona
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street, Verona and Fitzroy Terrace
BW photos of Verona, corner Clarendon and Gipps Streets. Very large Victorian house. Demolished. 1902-1934. (SLV, picture collection accession no. H86.77/13. And also of Fitzroy Terrace, Clarendon Street.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180 - Burchett
Built 1864 for Samuel Ramsden - a fine brick and stone mansion of 20 rooms.
Ramsden lived in the house 1864 - 1876 and his widow until 1886. Ramsden operated the Carlton Flour Mills and in 1868c established a paper mill on the Yarra bank near Princes Bridge. House demolished in 1960's to make way for the Mercy Hospital.
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East Melbourne, Gipps Street 180, Verona
A pencil sketch of Verona, on the corner of Gipps and Clarendon Streets. It is viewed from the Fitzroy Gardens across Clarendon Street. The sketch is from an album of 24 sketches from around Melbourne and Victoria by K Kennedy and dated 1876. It is inscribed 'Mr Ramsden's East Melb from Melb' and signed K Kennedy.
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On the Street Where we Live. Glimpses from the past. Exhibition 2013
A collection of large format photos used for EMHS Open House exhibition held at The Menzies Foundation, Clarendon Terrace during Open House weekend, July 2013.
Each photo is in a protective sleeve with supporting photos included. Housed together in a Zetta Florence cardboard carry bag.
Contents as per sheet included with the photos explaining layout:
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Property Valuations in vicinity of proposed Mercy Hospital - 1951
A letter dated 26 April 1951 from C.H. Beauchamp, valuer, to Mr. Bernard Nolan, solicitor, reporting valuations of three properties on Clarendon Street from the Grey Street to Gipps Street. The properties were "Verona", 132 Clarendon Street; 146 Clarendon Street, the most northerly house of "Fitzroy Terrace"; and "Clarendon", 150 Clarendon Street.
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