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Stanford
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East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180 - Burchett
Built c1872 for William Stanford Demolished c1934 to build Freemasons Hospital.
Place
East Melbourne, Clarendon Street 180, Stanford House
A photo of c.1934 shows a large symmetrical house. The central section has a steep roof with attic windows, and is flanked by Italianate pavillions, each with a bay window.
Place
East Melbourne, Vale Street 058, Minerva
A large two storey Italianate house. Its design makes good use of its corner position with return verandahs and bay windows facing both street frontages. All the openings have semi-circle arches with key stones. The house originally had a tower over the central portico, and there...
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East Melbourne, Vale Street 068 - Burchett
1891. MCC Building Notice: J.G. Kaiser, builder - Park Street, Glenferrie, to build for Mr. Stanford. J.A.B. Koch - architect. 1892. J. Stanford - owner/occupier. Brick, 12 rooms. Mr. John Stanford, auctioneer with 'Powers Rutherford' (originally called 'Minerva'), had beautiful...
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East Melbourne, Vanishing Melbourne, 180 Clarendon Street
Newspaper clipping - historical article centering on 180 Clarendon Street. It was previously known as Eaglestone Villa, Stanford House, The Arms of Jesus Babies Home, before it was demolished to make way for the Freemasons Hospital. Henry Cooke and Thomas Welton Stanford were amo...
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Karl Fender's secret Melbourne
Newspaper clipping where Karl Fender, architect, tells of some of his memories of Melbourne. These include the Stanford Fountain in Gordon Reserve, Spring Street, and the old terrace house that was the office of Romberg and Boyd at 340 Albert Street, East Melbourne
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Mr. Cooke's House
Copy of pencil drawing of Mr. Henry Cooke's House, then known as Egglestone Villa. A later owner Thomas Welton Stanford called it Stanford House. Later again it was the Arms of Jesus Babies' Home. Originally a prefabricated house, believed to be the first private house in East Me...
Story
The Curious Mr Stanford: from East Melbourne to California
Thomas Welton Stanford arrived in Melbourne in 1860 to make money. He achieved this by quickly securing the sole licence to import Singer sewing machines. But it is not for his business success that he is primarily known.