Reid, Stewart & Duguid | Melbourne Streets

A partnership formed by Mr. James Reid, Mr. John Stewart & Mr. Alexander Duguid of West Melbourne.

The three-way partnership was instrumental in crafting a number of high quality buildings in Melbourne between the late 1850’s to the mid 1870’s, up until the partnership was dissolved.

Duguid, a Master Mason and native of Aberdeenshire Scotland, arrived in Melbourne onboard the vessel ‘Black Eagle‘ with his wife Helen and daughter Sarah Bell Duguid. Helen and Alexander had one other child George Alexander Duguid born in Melbourne in 1855.

Alexander Duguid, a son of George and Anne Duguid nee Phillips, was the third member of the Melbourne partnership and he lived with his family in Miller Street, West Melbourne until his death at the age of 58 years in 1882, the same year his wife Helen also died.

Helen Duguid was the daughter of John Walker and Sarah Bell of Scotland.

The trio who had their operations based on the corner of Abbotsford & Elm streets in North Melbourne until 1872, and had a very successful partnership during their lifetime in Melbourne. Alexander Duguid formed a partnership with his next door neighbour, James Taylor in the early 1870s and became known as Taylor & Duguid, builders.

Alexander and Helen’s daughter Sarah Bell Duguid married the her next-door sweetheart, Robert Taylor, son of James and Jane Taylor, in Melbourne in 1874.

The Merri Creek Bluestone Bridge and other significant building works carried out by Duguid and others are listed below.

The table below can be scrolled left to right if viewed on a mobile device.

Building ID	Location	Architects	Owner	Suburb	Building State	Building Type	Builder	Build Date (YYYY MM DD)	Registration no
85135	Smith St near Birmingham Hotel		Bain, Alex	Fitzroy	VIC	Houses	Duguid, Alex – Victoria St Nth Melbourne	1856 09 8	632
74801	William Street near Cnr William & Lonsdale Sts		Airey, Robert	Melbourne	VIC	Factories	Reid, Stewart & Duguid – 10 Miller St	1868 09 23	2835
72152	Rosslyn Street		Watson,-	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Reid, Stewart & Duguid – 10 Miller St	1869 03 12	3086
74802	William Street		Towns, R & Co	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Reid, Stewart & Duguid – Melbourne	1869 06 3	3275
77368	Ireland Street		MC. Grotty, –	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Taylor & Duguid – 13 Milller St, West Melb.	1870 11 26	4222
77001	Latrobe Street west		Cakebread – G	Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Taylor & Duguid – 13 Miller St West Melb	1871 02 23	4312
73741	Bourke & Spring Sts – White Hart Hotel		Leister, Charles	Melbourne	VIC	Hotels; alterations	Taylor & Duguid	1871 03 18	4342
77369	Ireland Street		Taylor, Thos	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Taylor & Duguid, Melbourne	1871 05 22	4412
71368	Franklin Street – west of Spencer St		McTonkin, J	West Melbourne	VIC	Houses	Taylor & Duguid	1871 07 28	4487
76124	Goldbourgh Place near (Flinders Lane?)		Ferguson, J	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Taylor & Duguid – 12-13 Miller St West Melb.	1871 10 31	4618
71536	Queen & Flinders Streets		Jackson, J & RD	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Taylor & Duguid – 12-13 Miller St West Melb	1872 05 14	4820
76141	Flinders Lane		Smith & Ferguson	Melbourne	VIC	Warehouses	Taylor & Duguid – 11 Miller St West Melb.	1874 11 17	6141
74510	Collins & William Streets		Mutual Provident Society	Melbourne	VIC	Office Buildings	Taylor & Duguid	1877 02 15	7081
76840	Little Collins Street west – McCracken’s Brewery	Elliott, W	McCracken’s Brewery	Melbourne	VIC	alterations	Taylor & Duguid – 12 Miller St West Melb	1879 03 21	7935
12998	Elizabeth St	Halligan, M B	Bain, Alex		NSW	Halls; Office Buildings	Duguid, Alex – Victoria St Nth Melbourne	1890 11 22	632

The Age – The Equatorial Telescope at Melbourne Observatory 1869

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Abbotsford Melbourne

Table source: https://www.mileslewis.net/australian-architectural/

Main source: Public Records Office of Victoria, Trove, BDM Victoria and the Melbourne edition of the Sands & McDougall directoy.