Posts Tagged ‘1850s’
Specimen Cottage: 178-180 Hargreaves Street. Bendigo, Victoria
Specimen Cottage: 178-180 Hargreaves Street. Bendigo, Victoria
Specimen Cottage, the oldest terrace house in Bendigo is also reputed to be the oldest house and possibly oldest buildings in the city. The row of two sandstone ashlar cottages was built in two stages. The first single storey double fronted cottage was erected in 1856 by local stonemason James Brierley. The name and date are enscribed in stone above the doorway. In 1861 he extended it with a matching double storey cottage.
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120-122 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Victoria
Terrace Houses: 120-122 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Victoria
The timing of this photo, taken on a bleak and gloomy Melbourne evening, is perhaps apt as the outlook for these rare and historic terraces is equally so.
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12 and 12A Western Beach Road, Geelong. Victoria
Terrace Houses: 12 and 12A Western Beach Road, Geelong. Victoria
Commanding a sweeping elevated view over Corio Bay and foreshore cliffs near central Geelong, this pair has a great deal of history, having been altered several times since their first construction in 1854 as a single house built by Andrew and Elizabeth Martin, modified in 1880 by Charles Anderson and extended by his widow, Sarah, in 1895 to become two terrace houses.
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Bridget Goggs Terrace: Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Queensland (demolished 1936)
Bridget Goggs Terrace: Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Queensland. Image from the State Library of Queensland
Built in 1858 by Matthew Goggs, this row of five single storey brick terraces with attic level is one of the few built in a Queensland provincial city. The photo was taken just prior to its demolition in 1936, however even then the row was showing its age. In the 1860s Ipswich, a booming mining town, rivaled penal Brisbane in terms of importance and many grand homes and terraces anticipated its further growth. However history shows that Brisbane became the colony’s capital, quickly outgrew and absorbed Ipswich in its rapidly expanding western suburbs.
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