Dwelling

History/Notes
The land at 20 Stephen Street formed lot 2 of the Brooklyn Estate advertised for sale by public auction on 24 March 1923. The estate had earlier been part of Alfred Price's "Brooklyn" property (now addressed as 132-134 Aphrasia Street). The existing dwelling at 20 Stephen Street was built by Berryman and Turnbull, contractors, in 1926 for Gordon Thomas Hagger, in anticipation of his marriage to Miss Dora Grant in the same year.

G.T. Hagger was born in 1896, the seventh son to Thomas and Fanny (nee Pitcher) Hagger. G.T. Hagger was a plumber in the
1920s, following his return from serving in World War One. He was later appointed Health Inspector for six municipalities in the Geelong area, and in 1947 he was also appointed Health Inspect for the Shire of Braybrook. By this time he 'had considerable experience in plumbing, building, sanitation and drainage.'

The timber dwelling built for Hagger originally comprising a principal gabled roof form with a minor projecting gable and flat- roofed verandah at the front. The principal facade fronting Stephen Street has been compromised by a gabled addition at the front. The original design of the dwelling is discernible in the gable end, brick piers and paired squat timber posts, timber framed double hung windows, broad eaves and brick chimneys.

References:
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes, Dept of Justice.
Newtown Rate Books, 1926, 1935, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building Permit, 10 March 1926, City of Greater Geelong.
Brooklyn Estate subdivision plan, 24 March 1923, maps & plans collection, B65, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Sunshine Advocate, 17 October 1947, p.1.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House