This building stands on land that was first transferred in 1873 from the estate of John Sullivan to William Charles Guest…and subsequently to Llewellyn Edwards, manager of the Standard Bank, in 1890. In 1901 Mrs Andrew Hepburn lived in this house which was named “Belmont”. The building was later occupied by Archie Benn.
Read the full article...In 1876, it was bought by William Milne, a carpenter and undertaker who’d built the original building. In 1882, he let one room to the Standard Bank. In 1883 the bank rented the whole building as both Bank and Manager’s residence. It was later owned by Alexander McMaster in 1892 and McFarlane in 1896. When acquired by Thesen & Co. in 1912, they renamed it Melville’s. The curved gable with decorative plaster work was added in 1922. The store was closed in the mid 1970’s on the sale of Thesen … Read the full article…