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"Minerva"

Location

25 Wellington Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 211529

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE - INCLUDED IN HERITAGE PRECINCT

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

25 Wellington Street appears to have been constructed in stages and this is reflected in the unusual design. James King (contractor) lived on the premises from about 1867 until about 1900 and the adjoining lane appears to have been named after him.

References

Thomson Ward Rate Books, 1864-5, 1867-8, 1874, 1875

Borough of Geelong West Rate Books, 1875-6, 1878-9, 1884-5, 1889-90, 1895-6, 1900-1

PFB Alsop, Pollocksford Bridge', in Investigator, Vol 15, No. 1, p27

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence