| Also known as | |
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| Previous Address | 125 & 127 Latrobe Street before council street renumbering |
| Constructed | 16/6/1851 |
| Style | |
| Architect | |
| Builder | William Watson |
Timelapse Building Images
1882
Signed and dated in image l.l.: A.C. COOKE DEL 1882
Printed below image l.r.: Sands and McDougall, Printers, Melbourne.
Title printed below image l.c.
Printed below image l.l.: Supplement to “The Illustrated Melbourne News”, April, 1882.
Published in: The Illustrated Melbourne News, April 1882.
http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/41180
section of original image, source: State Library of Victoria
1930s
F Leech & Co factory.
image source: State Library of Victoria
Land Details
- current day map
- 1895 MMBW map
- Compiled Crown Record Plan showing Mr. John Freer was the first Crown land purchaser of 4 land allotments in 1850
- 1850 Government land sale notice
Building Details
Notice of intent to build.
Street: Corner Latrobe Street near Heffernan’s building
Number: 359.
Date 16/6/1851
Owner & Builder: William Watson.
Fee: £1.15.0
Type: House.
Other building work by William Watson listed below.
| Architects | Owner | Suburb | Building Type | Builder | Build Date (YYYY MM DD) | Reg |
| Watson, William – Melbourne | Factories | Watson, William | 1347 | |||
| Watson, William | Melbourne | Houses | Watson, William | 1851 06 16 | 359 | |
| Watson, William – Condell St Coll | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1854 04 17 | 752 | |
| Watson, William – Melbourne | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1854 07 27 | 1347 | |
| Templeton, H | Fitzroy | Schools | Watson, William | 1855 07 2 | 674 | |
| Showers, Robert | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1857 02 12 | 119 | |
| Watson, William – Collingwood | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1858 03 19 | 252 | |
| Watson, William – Napier St | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1859 03 17 | 218 | |
| Watson, William – Raglan St | Melbourne | Houses | Watson, William | 1859 05 4 | 339 | |
| Watson, William – Melbourne | West Melbourne | Houses | Watson, William | 1863 -1 19 | 25 | |
| Tayler, Lloyd | Templeton, H | Factories; Houses | Watson, William | 1863 12 5 | 674 | |
| Oliver, – | West Melbourne | Houses | Watson, William – Fitzroy | 1865 03 1 | 730 | |
| Watson, William – Fitzroy | Fitzroy | Houses | Watson, William | 1865 07 6 | 952 | |
| Ward, E W | Showers, Robert | Factories; Public Buildings | Watson, William | 1869 | 119 |
source: Burchett Index
Subsequent Building Alterations
William Watson’s 1853 Victorian era building has since been demolished and was replaced by a factory. Then the factory was demolished and has been replaced by a three storey concrete office building built in 2006.
source: http://maps.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
Architectural Features
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Heritage Significance and Listings
| Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes |
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Owners
| From | To | Owner | More Info | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | to date | Private | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1910 | 1933 | Valentine & Edward Robertson | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1906 | 1916 | Archibald Black | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1879 | 1905 | Orlando Fenwick | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1853 | 1878 | William Watson | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1850 | 1852 | John Freer | source: Hatcher Index | |
| abt 40 thousand years earlier | 1835 | Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation | source: Hatcher Index |
Residents
| From | To | Resident | More Info | Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 1916 | Mrs. Helen or Ellen Snow | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1912 | 1912 | F. St. Clair Bell | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1911 | 1911 | L. McDonald greengrocer | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1910 | 1910 | Jacob Ragoo, greengrocer | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1904 | 1909 | Alfred H. Rogers, greengrocer | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1903 | 1903 | Charles Mutton, confectioner & wood yard | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1899 | 1901 | Arthur Rudeforth, general store | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1898 | 1898 | Walter Bullivant, general store | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1892 | 1896 | James Graham Hamilton, fruiterer and confectioner | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1880 | 1889 | Thomas Morton | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1881 | 1881 | William Purser | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1879 | 1879 | William & Mrs. Morgan, confectioners | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1874 | 1878 | David Graham, store | source: Hatcher Index | |
| 1853 | 1878 | William and Mary Watson nee Naughton | source: Hatcher Index |
Social History
William and Mary Watson background
William Watson was born in County Limerick Ireland in 1796. He was the son of Thomas Watson and mother’s name unknown.
He arrived in Australia sometime before 1852, we know this because he married Mary Nauton [Naughton] in Victoria in 1852 and a year later William lodged a notice of intention to build on land in Latrobe Street, West Melbourne on the 16th of June 1853.
His wife Mary was born in 1821 in Tipperary Ireland, the daughter of John and Ann Norton.
Information sourced from Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Trove, Council Rate Book records and the State Library of Victoria.
newspaper source: The Age 1876 and 1878
Context and Streetscape
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This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. |
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The controls listed below affect this property: |
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Other Information
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