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Northumbria — 21 Cary Street. Photograph date unknown. Solomon Mitchell, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 16, printed p. 29 (PDF p. 29).
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21 Cary St, Leichhardt NSW 2040

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Cover photo: Northumbria — 21 Cary Street. Photograph date unknown. Solomon Mitchell, reproduced in Leichhardt Historical Journal No. 16, printed p. 29 (PDF p. 29). — Date unknown

Year built1885
Timeline entries1
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  • House typeCottage
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The story of this house

NorthumbriaNorthumbria at 21 Cary Street is a freestanding, two-storey house of stuccoed brick.

It was built in 1885 on lot 8 of section 1.111 of the Excelsior Subdivision.

Its first recorded occupier in the journal is Frederick J.

Pye, a clerk.

Solomon Mitchell’s photograph shows the house and its two-level verandah.

The source provides a brief architectural and occupancy account; it does not establish a complete succession of owners or a present-day condition assessment.

Anthony Cusick, Leichhardt Historical Journal No.

16, Leichhardt West: original land grants and subdivisions, printed pp.

29.

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  1. 1885 — Northumbria built

    Northumbria was built on lot 8 of section 1.111 of the Excelsior Subdivision. The journal identifies clerk Frederick J. Pye as its…

  1. 1885 — Northumbria built

    Northumbria was built on lot 8 of section 1.111 of the Excelsior Subdivision. The journal identifies clerk Frederick J. Pye as its…

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