East Melbourne Historical Society
People, places and stories, connected.
Date filters use recorded dates; undated material remains available when you clear the date filters.
4,447 results
Collection item
Built 1870 for Wm. Pearce - owner, 3 brick cottages. Occupied 1875: 78 Albert Street - Wm Pearce 80 Albert Street - ? 82 Albert Street - Taylor (Note:- some information on this card is indecipherable.)
Collection item
A series of photos showing the building at 83 Albert Street, East Melbourne from the internal courtyard. A screenshot from Google maps is also included to illustrate the unusual layout of the building. The building was constructed in 1962 as 14 apartments. In the 1980s it was con...
Place
Brick house with stables and wash house
Place
A single storey brick house
Collection item
Colour photo shows a three storey block of interwar flats. The facade is symmetrical. The two top, outer windows are of unusual shape, the sides being angled inwards from about half way up. The central entry with window above leads the eye upward to a stepped parapet, giving a se...
Place
A three storey block of interwar flats. The facade is symmetrical. The two top, outer windows are of unusual shape, the sides being angled inwards from about half way up. The central entry with window above leads the eye upward to a stepped parapet, giving a sense of verticality...
Place
A brick and wooden house.
Collection item
1853 Wooden house built by Andrew Murray for self, 1858 Robert Jones made additions. 1872-1925 Occupied by Andrews family. 1926c. Demolished to be replaced by Morwong Flats.
Place
A six roomed brick house.
Place
Two storey house with a tower, verandah and balcony with central portico, all decorated with arches of Moorish influence.
Place
Four roomed brick house.
Place
Timber house of five rooms.
Place
A pair of two-storey single fronted houses with cast iron balconies.
Collection item
Built 1879 two 2 storey houses for Thomas Wright. 1888 occupied by: 128 Albert Street - Lydia Robinson 130 Albert Street - Lewis Bernard
Place
A rather severe pair of dwellings with simple details. The two storey verandah is virtually completely altered. The six pane sashes to the rear would suggest an early date. [City of Melbourne i-Heritage database]
Collection item
Built 1870, two 2 storey houses for Wm Lansdowne - owner. Occupied 1870 by: 132 - R Lumsden 134 - Mrs Dunn
Collection item
Newspaper clipping about an apartment for sale at 158 Albert Street, East Melbourne
Collection item
1863 a small cottage was on the site and was occupied by Bates Cocoa Works. Later extended to a factory having a 66ft. frontage to Albert Street and employing 50-60 hands milling Maizena, Mustard, Cocoa, and Dandelion Cocoa. Demolished in 1892/3 and absorbed into the Brewery.
Place
Two apartment blocks in the Moderne style
Collection item
Brochure advertising auction of A33/190 Albert Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 14 September 1996.
Collection item
Built in 1859 three 2 storey houses for W.G.Spriggs - owner. Built by Robert Huckson. 1861 owned by W.G. Sprigg, occupied by: 204 - A. Schulkraft 206 - F. Cook 208 - Richard Wade 1868-1881 204 was occupied by William Sprigg 1979 became Clarendon Medical Centre
Place
See sources below
Collection item
Built 1872 by John Wright for Alfred Kirkby - owner. Architect W T Gore. 18 room mansion overlooking Fitzroy Gardens. 1981 bought by the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists as their headquarters.
Collection item
1871 two 2 storey houses 260 and 262 were built for Messrs Mixner and Campbell, lime merchants. Architect was Crouch and Wilson. Campbell lived in 260 and Mixner in 262. No. 262 was demolished to make way for the Masonic Centre.