George H. Gould house, 90 Abbotsford Street, West Melbourne
Graeme Butler and AssociatesJuly 1991
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George H. Gould house, 90 Abbotsford Street, West Melbourne
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July 1991
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BIF-NORTH 100138
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Derived from GRAEME BUTLER 1983, 1991 CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEGrading as at 1991 : D(GRAEME BUTLER 2015-16. WEST MELBOURNE HERITAGE REVIEW: Assessed as contributory to a Heritage Overlay Area)Period : Early Victorian (1862)Crown Grantee : T Brunton 1858History- This house had an owner-occupier for over thirty-five years, from 1862; one George H. Gould.Description- A single level, transverse-gabled and slated roof cottage with panelled cast-iron friezes and finished brackets. Notable features include verandah and slate/iron finish.Significance- Architecturally, typical early form, complicated by a likely added verandah and new stucco, but with original accessories and part of an early streetscape. Historically, of local interest for its early date and the associated housing.References:North and West Melbourne Conservation Study 1983:City of Melbourne Rate Books1. RB 1862, 1615; RB 1863, 1272; RB 1896-97, 927.___________________________RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________Lewis, M. Australian Architecture Index:No Gould - only house in date range and type:`72534 Webster, Walter Hamilton, - West Melbourne VIC House 1862 03 8'___________________________City of Melbourne online mapsPart CA1/M T Brunton 1858.___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):`Leader' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) Saturday 5 December 1885CAVANAGH--GOULD.— C11 the 21st November, at Fitzroy, by the Rev. John Turner, George Cavanagh, of Newmarket, to Florence, second daughter of GeorgeHenry Gould, of West Melbourne,`The Age' (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Friday 21 December 1900GOULD.— In loving memory of my dear husband and our dear father. George Henry Gould, who passed away on the 21st December, 1899, at 90 Abbotsford-street. West Melbourne. .Grieve not dear ones, we hear him say...-Inserted by his loving wife and daughters.___________________________ProbateGeorge H Gould Railway Pensioner W Melb 21 Dec 1899 73/892 VPRS 28/P0, unit 940;VPRS 28/P2, unit 534; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 299 -real estate includes five room brick cottage (90) occupied by Gould ₤250, also four room wood house in Pilgrim Street.___________________________Victorian Government Gazette 1887Victorian Railways employees.Gould a wagon builder with Victorian Railways Locomotive Branch.
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