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Bokhara
1 View Street, Alphington
"Bokhara" - a historic homestead at 1 View Street, Alphington - was built in 1892, by local butcher Alfred Pridham, at the top of a property by the Yarra River that was first subdivided in 1854.By 1900 Pridham was leasing this property to John Hinxman, a dairyman, then to William McDonald. 5 years later a tobacco merchant, David W. Keir, bought "Bokhara" and also leased it, first to Joseph Davis, a fruit merchant, then to John S. Cougle, a butcher.
After 1910, Keir lived on the property himself but it seems, prior to this, he erected a strange tower to the north of the house. He remained there for about 35 years, selling to James Robert McNabb in the late 1940s.
