Original post 24 July 2020
Photos 15 July
Unusual – looks like what was maybe a pair of Victorian houses or an usually wide one, executed in nice #polychromebrick, that got fine over if day in the 30s, with a new stylish entry, but leaving the bricks mostly untouched. It may have been a private hotel, because later it was a #roominghouse, but a nice one, owned by a Mr Fletcher, who bought it because some of his wife’s family lived there. In the early 80s when he was in his 80s he sold it to the #MinistryofHousing, who did it up as 14 rooms with a big kitchen, reopening for needy #PortMelbourne residents in 1985. That info comes from the website of the South Port Group, social housing providers, who have 14 properties in the area with 270 units.
Storey of Melbourne 