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Houses

  • 103 Fyfe Street, Thornbury

  • 116 Collins Street, Northcote

    This was the home of the Hudson family - Mr and Mrs Frank Hudson and children, John, Eva and Florence....
  • 124 Shaftesbury Parade Thornbury

    No. 124 Shaftesbury Parade was constructed between 1924 and 1925. The first listed occupant was George...
  • 129 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote

    129 Beaconsfield Parade was built around 1922/3. In 1924 William Cox lived there.
  • 13 McFarlane Street, Northcote

    There has been a house at 13 McFarlane Street since at least 1914, when James Sutcliffe lived there. It...
  • 157 Mansfield Street, Thornbury

    157 Mansfield Street Thornbury was built between 1925 and 1927. It was the home of Robert Daley in 1927 and...
  • 176 Normanby Avenue, Thornbury

    176 Normanby Avenue was built between 1927 and 1930. The first occupant we have for the house was George...
  • 18 Hartington Street, Northcote

    The house at 18 Hartington Street, Northcote (opposite Northcote Railway Station) has many feautres of both...
  • 186-192 Clarke Street, Northcote

    In 1888, Charles Harrison built a row of Victorian, two storey, terrace houses at 186-192 Clarke Street,...
  • 19 High Street, Northcote

    19 High Street was built between 1905 and 1907. In 1907 Arthur Arnott lived there and in 1921 it was John...
  • 19 Prospect Grove Northcote

    19 Prospect Grove was built in 1887 by William John Carne. Named Pisgah it is a typical late Victorian...
  • 192 Rossmoyne Street, Thornbury

    192 Rossmoyne Street was built post 1925.
  • 1A Walker Street, Northcote

    1A Walker Street, Northcote is a brick two-storey house which was built by Northcote Councillor Charles Verso...
  • 201-203 Bastings Street, Northcote

    Bastings Street came into existence in 1853 when the Union Bank sub divided land it had seized from William...
  • 208 Mitchell Street, Fairfield

    208 Mitchell Street Fairfield was built in 1925. The first occupant was Harry James.
  • 24 Spring Street, Reservoir

  • 25 Shakespeare Avenue, Preston

    25 Shakespeare Avenue was one of the earliest houses in Preston, being built in the 1920s. It has had little...
  • 28 Spring Street, Preston

  • 293 Clarke Street, Northcote

    293 Clarke Street was built around 1924/25. The first occupant of the house was William Lovegot.
  • 32 Broomfield Avenue Alphington

    32 Broomfield Avenue is an Edwardian weatherboard house built in 1911. The house was built for Mary Amy...
  • 32-42 Ross Street, Northcote

    A row of six timber houses in Ross Street were built between 1900-1906. Of the 922 houses built in Northcote...
  • 328 Clarke Street, Northcote

    328 Clarke Street was built somewhere between 1914 and 1921. In 1921 John Campi was living there. This...
  • 34 Walker Street, Northcote

    34 Walker Street, Northcote, which is near the Westgarth Railway station, was the home of William Henry...
  • 36 Walker Street, Northcote

    An early bluestone 2 storey home, formerly at 36 Walker Street, Northcote, was the home of the Dennis family...
  • 41 May Street, Preston

  • 46 Victoria Road, Northcote

    No. 46 Victoria Road was built between 1921-1924. The first occupant was probably Arthur Temby.
  • 6 Kelvin Grove, Northcote

    No. 6 Kelvin Grove has been there since at least 1914 and possibly earlier. In 1914 the occupant was Eliza...
  • 63 Keon Street, Thornbury

    63 Keon Street Thornbury was constructed between 1925 and 1927. In 1927 Jonathan Parker lived there and in...
  • 66 Spring Street, Reservoir

  • 67 Southernhay Street, Regent

  • 68 Spring Street, Preston

  • 76-78 St. Georges Road Northcote

    76-78 St. Georges Road was built between 1907-1914. From 1914 to at least 1921 William Radcliffe lived here.
  • 77 Harold Street Thornbury

    77 Harold Street was likely built between 1921 and 1925. In 1925 William Edwards was living there.
  • 9 Elm Street, Northcote

    9 Elm Street was probably constructed between 1914 and 1921. It was certainly there in 1921 as George...
  • 9 Walker Street, Northcote

  • 95 Westbourne Grove, Northcote

    Catherine Oliver purchased the corner site at 95 Westbourne Grove, Northcote Hill, in 1889 and built a 2...
  • Abbott Street Toll House, Fairfield

    In its last days, the old cottage at 1-3 Abbott was little more than a dilapidated collection of rooms...
  • Attlanta, Fairfield

    Built in the 1880s, this was the residence of A.J. Lugton, Esq.
  • Balclutha

    "Balclutha" at 17 Como Street, Alphington, was built c1889 for Peter Fanning. Fanning was properous...
  • Balmoral

    The Edwardian house, "Balmoral" at 115 Mansfield Street, Thornbury, has had only one owner since it...
  • Barry Street, Northcote

    The house on the corner of Barry Street and High Street, Westgarth (Northcote) was later to become the...
  • Barunah

    Situated on the corner of Dundas and Newcastle streets in Thornbury, "Barunah" is an impressive example of a...
  • Beaumont

    "Beaumont" at 11 Bastings Street, Northcote, is the oldest known mansion constructed in Northcote during the...
  • Benvenuta

    "Benvenuta" at 6 Francis Grove, Northcote, was built in 1885 by tanner and local Councillor, Thomas Hicks...
  • Bokhara

    "Bokhara" - a historic homestead at 1 View Street, Alphington - was built in 1892, by local butcher...
  • Bundoora Homestead

    In 1899 John Matthew Vincent Smith purchased the 600 acre property 'Bundoora Park'. Smith was a well...
  • Catherine Oliver - Butcher

    Catherine Oliver arrived in Northcote about 1850, establishing the townships first butchers shop. By the...
  • Charles J. Verso

    Charles J. Verso served on the Northcote Council from 1883 to 1893 and was Mayor of Northcote,...
  • Compiling a house history

    There are a number of resources available to help you trace the history of your house. Sands and McDougall...
  • Crediton House

    "Crediton House" is a two storey, 19th century, brick home built at 49 James Street, Northcote. When the...
  • Cunningham Homestead

    Cunningham Homestead is a 1000 square metre property at 77 Cunningham Street, Northcote. The original house...
  • Dally Street, Northcote

    1-19 Dally Street was a row of brick cottages built as speculation by William Dunkley in 1889.
  • Edgebaston

    "Edgebaston" was built in 1883 - 1886 by Thomas Stokes, a business man who had made his fortune in the gold...
  • Edmund Manning

  • Edward Twentyman House

    Twentyman House - at 46 Bastings Street, on the corner of Bastings and Waterloo Road - is one of the earliest...
  • Gowerville

    “Gowerville”- situated at 339-341 Plenty Road (on the corner of Gower Street) - comprises 2...
  • Grand View

    "Grand View" was built in 1892, during the Marvellous Melbourne period, by William Smith, a...
  • Greendale

    Known as "Greendale", the house at 25 Jackson Street, Westgarth was "erected on the Railway...
  • Hanslope

    "Hanslope" is a residence at 12 Hanslope Avenue, Alphington. J.W.Gosling purchased Crown Portion 116 in June...
  • High Street Verandahs

    Photographs of the 1870s show shops in High Street, Northcote having simple verandahs with wooden posts....
  • Huttonham Estate Preston

    In 1937 the Huttonham Estate in Preston was created and subdivided into 100 building allotments. The land was...
  • Innisfail

    75 Lucerne Crescent, Alphington - known as "Innisfail" - takes its name from the owner's great...
  • Joan Clinnick

    I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
  • John Seccull

    John Seccull designed and built the Westgarth Theatre, and was a member of the family who lived in the house...
  • Joseph Verso

    Joseph Verso was the father of Charles Verso who was a prominent Councillor and Mayor of Northcote. He was a...
  • Looking for local history pictures? Search the Darebin Archives Collection today

    Ever wondered what your house looked like forty years ago? With the assistance of a grant from the Public...
  • Lucerne

    The residence in Alphington known as "Lucerne" was demolished to make way for a carpark for the La Trobe Golf...
  • Lugano

    "Lugano" - a Federation house was built on Rucker's Hill at 215 Clarke Street, Northcote - was part of Crown...
  • Maesbury House

    The Maesbury (sometimes written as Maysbury) mansion was located on seven acres between Mitchell and...
  • Mandalay

    The Edwardian building "Mandalay" at 217 Clarke Street, was built in 1912, alongside...
  • Maristowe

    31 Station Street Fairfield Maristowe is a substantial red brick Federation style house located at 31...
  • McLachlan Street, Northcote

    5 McLachlan Street, Northcote was known as "West Bend". John Grindrod of Collingwood purchased allotments 2...
  • Mount Grand View Estate Preston

    In the 1880s Melbourne was experiencing a boom time with a great many land sales and housing estates...
  • Mount View Estate Northcote

    Mount View Estate consisted of land blocks fronting onto Victoria Road, Wakanui, Hakatere and Oamaru Streets...
  • Northcote Brick Company's cottages

    In 1887 the Northcote Brick Company decided to use some of its unoccupied land to build workmen's cottages....
  • Oakover Hall

    The heritage listed “Oakover Hall” is Preston’s oldest known building and is among the largest surviving...
  • Olinda

    "Olinda", at 15 Prospect Grove, Northcote, was built in 1888. The house is made of solid brick on bluestone...
  • Ontario

    "Ontario" is a residence on the corner of 44 Park Crescent and Arthur Street, Alphington.C.H. James...
  • Peppercorn House

    "Peppercorn House" at 13 Hawthorn Street Northcote was built around 1910. This house bridges the...
  • Preston Nissen Huts

    The Nissen hut was designed in 1917 by British Army Major Peter Nissen and built as housing for troops in...
  • Railway Department House

    Railway Department House at 25 Jackson Street, Northcote, was constructed on the site of Plant's Paddock at...
  • Regent & Clara Street, Preston Land Sale

    Stott & Bastings Real Estate Agents advertised an auction for blocks of land for sale in Clara Street and...
  • Reglena

    "Reglena" belonged to the late Angelina Regan, mother of Collingwood football player, Jack Regan. A...
  • Reverend Caleb and Elanor Booth

    Caleb Booth was born on 18 September 1820 in the English parish of Kingsclere, Hampshire to William and...
  • Rosebank

    "Rosebank" at 59 Austin Street, Fairfield, was built in 1885 by Samuel Nathan who was a successful furniture...
  • Samuel Nathan

    Samuel Nathan, builder of "Rosebank" in Alphington, arrived from London in 1869 on the threshold of...
  • Sarah Susanna Bunbury

    Sarah Susanna Bunbury arrived in Melbourne with her husband, retired naval captain Richard Hanmer Bunbury in...
  • Sharp Street, Northcote

  • Spring Vale, Fairfield

    Photograph of "Spring Vale" on which the inscription reads "The Residence of A.Williams, Esq. Fairfield." On...
  • St Neot's, Northcote

    St. Neots was built in the 1860s by Nehemiah Wimble, a senior civil servant who secured one of the sites...
  • St. Elmo

    The house at 53 Lucerne Crescent, Alphington - known as "St Elmo" - is a double fronted, late Victorian,...
  • St. Neot's

    14 Bastings Street, Northcote - known as "St. Neot's" - was a substantial residence built in...
  • Sunnyside

    Atop Northcote stands a massive red brick church. Before the church was built in the mid-1920s there once...
  • Sylvia Cooke

    It's 21st June, 1982 and Arthur and I are going to Strathallan to visit Miss Sylvie Cook, and we're taking an...
  • Tarbert

    27 Herbert Street, Northcote - a double storey Victorian terrace residence on Northcote Hill - was known as...
  • Thomas George Beckett

    Thomas Beckett was one of seven children of a London pharmacist. As a young man he went to Edinburgh to...
  • Timothy Shepherd

    The Shepherd family can lay claim to one of Preston’s earliest settlers. In 1840 a parcel of land, bounded by...
  • Tower House, Alphington

    The "Tower House" - originally called "The Nook" - at 25 Alphington Street, Alphington,...
  • Turret House

    Turret House on the south side of Westbourne Grove in Northcote was built around 1854 by Norman Guthridge, a...
  • West Bend

    5 McLachlan Street, Northcote - known as "West Bend" – is arguably the first house built in...
  • Westbourne Grove

    Westbourne Grove was created with the subdivision of William Rucker's estate on Rucker's Hill. The Union...
  • Winsome Cottage

    "Winsome Cottage" at 21 George Street, Northcote, is on the corner of Bridge Street. The land on...
  • Wood Street, Preston

    Wood Street is named after the Wood family who owned the general store on the corner of Wood and High...
  • Worthing (Marienfels)

    The Victorian 2 storey house at 155 Clarke Street, Northcote, was known as "Worthing". It was built...
  • Y.M.C.A. Hostel, Northcote

    In the first decade of the 1900’s George Wardrop - a tailor - bought and lived in a house that stands at what...
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