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East Melbourne, Albert Street 102, Ruaru

East Melbourne

  • 102 Albert Street

Building names

Date built
1865
Demolished
1960s.
Builder
John Box
First owner
John Box, contractor

Description

A brick and wooden house.

History

The Notice of Intent to build describes the proposed building as a wooden cottage. It first appears in the Rate Books as a five roomed brick and wooden house. Extensions of c.1885 increased its size to eleven rooms. Its first owner, John Box owned the house for only two years before selling to Thomas Richard Wilson who lived there until the 1880s.
The site is now occupied by a block of apartments

Owners and occupiers

1865-1867: John Box, contractor
1868-c.1880: Thomas Richard Wilson, civil servant
c.1885: W.H. Harwood
c.1890-c.1902: William P. McGregor, squatter

Sources

City of Melbourne Rate Books
Burchett Index: Notices of Intent to Build, City of Melbourne, 14 November 1864, Reg. No. 573
City of Melbourne List of Citizens
Argus,19 Dec 1902, p.3, col.4.

Place & context

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East Melbourne, Albert Street 102, Ruaru
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