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Rechter

East Melbourne, Grey Street 002

Description: 

A single storey red brick dwelling with tile roof projecting over the timber verandah. There are paired columns on brick plinths with fretwork timber brackets. A bay window projects on the east end. [City of Melbourne i-Heritage database]

History: 

Built on part of land previously the site of the Methodist New Connexion Church which was designed by Crouch and Wilson in 1868 and completed in 1869. It was apparently demolished in 1877. The land was dubdivided into six building blocks and auctioned in March 1877 and again in September 1878.

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