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Built 1869 by McElraney for Sanders and Levy. Architect Charles Webb. Two 3 storey brick houses. Classified by National Trust of Victoria 1974. Occupied 402 - N L Levy, 404 - Louis Sanders. Sanders and Levy were partners in Leviathan Clothing, Melbourne
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Plans and auction brochure for 1 December 1954.
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Built 1868 by William Martin for Julius Harris and Jacob Mathews.
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Modest single storey house but with extravagantly scaled 4 fluted composite columns to verandah across front, swags, etc. Eight rooms on land 33 feet by 160 feet.
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First part built by Corben and Stuart in 1874 for the Victorian Academy of Arts, Main buildind erected by Wm Massey in 1893 for the Victorian Artists Society. Architect R Speight Jnr. Classified by the National Trust of Victoria 1980.
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Halfway House was constructed in 1860 for Hector Liardet who later established Vauxhall Gardens next door - see index cards for press cuttings and further information. Building demolished in 1920 for extension of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
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St Peters Church - foundation stone laid by Supt. Latrobe in 1846. Bulit by Webb, Brown & Co.
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Built 1852 by William Elliot for Messrs Dick and Mackay, Shops and dwelling.
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A pair of houses of classical design with a covered carriageway between.
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Two houses of classical design with carriage way between
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Built 1858 by Robert Huckson for the Trustees of the Baptist Church. Architect - Thos Watts. Classified by the National Trust of Victoria - see index card for citation.
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The foundation stone for the Jewish Synagogue was laid in 1877. Architect - Crouch and Wilson. Builder - Delbridge and Thomas.
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Auction brochure for sale of 70 Albert Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for 12 December 2015. Photos of interior; plans. The property was sold for $1,825,000. Also newspaper clipping reporting on the state of the real estate market. 70 Albert Street is given as an example. Paul...
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Extract from Capital Gain column in The Age newspaper about the redevelopment of the Albert Heights site at 83-91 Albert Street. The site is for sale with a permit for a four storey building containing 14 apartments.
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Photo shows timber house of one storey and double fronted, with garden in front. There are four people on the verandah, left to right: John Hurst Green Snr., Emily Blanch Green, Ernest Green and Alice Green. C. 1913
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first ‹ previous 2 of 82 next › last East Melbourne, Albert Street, 340-342 Open full image ↗ first ‹ previous 2 of 82 next › last
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first ‹ previous 3 of 82 next › last East Melbourne, Albert Street, 340-342, 1963, 10 Open full image ↗ Acknowledgments Photographer: Dick Thompson Copyright: East Melbourne Historical Society (Owner) EMHS Cat. No. 13 first ‹ previous 3 of 82 next › last
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Newspaper article about an important group of late 1930s apartment buildings in George Street and Garden Avenue, East Melbourne, designed by Illiffe Anderson.
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Newspaper cliipping - historical. Photos The Age, 1 November 2002. Also clipping announcing that Berry Street will move out of East Melbourne. 19 October 2005.
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1850 - used as hospital for the Police Barracks 1880 - Victorian Infants Asylum
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1888 built for E. G. Ovey - owner 1889 occupied by Mrs Edmund Smith
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1888: Owner E. G. Ovey 1889 occupied by: 16 Berry St - Benjamin Vaughan 18 Berry St - Dr. James Alexander Robertson
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Large 2 storey terrace of red and brown polychromatic brickwork with elaborate moulded render embellishments to parapet. The 2 storey cast iron verandah has many recent components. However the tessellated tile verandah paving is intact. [i-Heritage database]
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Advertisement for sale of house at 20 Berry Street by expressions of interest closing 22 November 2022