478 Spencer Street

478 Spencer Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003

Also known as known lately as 478-486 Spencer St.
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The magnificent Victoria era two-storey shop located at 487 and three brick cottages at 480 to 484 that were first constructed on this site were placed up for sale with W. B. Simpson agents sometime around 1941 offered by them as a site for a potential factory.

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Residents

FromToResidentMore InfoData Source
to datePrivate (478-486)Hatcher Index
19651974Demco Machinery (478-486)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1960no directory listingSands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
19501955Stuckey, G. & Co P/L fuel merchants (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1944/5vacant (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
19351940Lovell & Breaden saddlers (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1930Hart, Mrs C. M. news agent & Norman Hecker (shop and dwelling 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2024
1925Gilligan, Matt confectionary (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1920Gilligan, Miss Rose dressmaker (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1915Timmons, Michael news agent (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1910Markham, Patrick news agent (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1905Nylander, Mrs Jessie fancy repository & Charles A. Nylander (shop 478)Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1900Whitelaw, Mrs Elizabeth fancy repository (shop 478Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
1895Whitelaw, T & Mrs Elizabeth fancy repository (shop 478Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025
18891890Wheatland, Mrs A.fancy repository (shop 478Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Stephen Hatcher 2025

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