This file contains 4 items about the purchase and construction of this property: 1/ The original contract of sale of land dated 25/09/1936 for Gertrude & Hulbert Gorrie situated on the corner of Grange and Neerim Road. 2/ The original typed building agreement dated 25/09/1936 between the contractor Ernest F Barnard and the purchasers Mr & Mrs Hulbert Gorrie. 3/ The original blueprint plan of a brick villa at the corner of Grange & Neerim Road for Mr & Mrs Hulbert Gorrie. Dated 25/09/1936. 4/ The original specification for the dwelling on the corner of Grange & Neerim Road, Glen Huntly for Mrs Gertrude Gorrie & Mr Hulbert Hopetoun Gorrie by builder Ernest F Barnard.barnard ernest f, gorrie gertrude, gorrie hulbert hopetoun, hobart john bertram, coorigil road, carnegie, holloway st, ormond, chemists, parish of prahran, caulfield county of bourke, building agreement, brick houses, builders, plans, architectural drawings, grange road, glen huntly, holloway street, ormond, emma street, grange road, neerim road, gorrie h.h, gorrie gertrude, gorrie hulbert h, legal documents, barnard ernest franklin, e. j. & h. amos, hintons nursery, real estate agents, murrumbeena, caulfield

This file contains one item about the sale and history of the then unnumbered property and the first owners of the home at 77 Grange Road, south west corner with Neerim Road, then in the suburb of Carnegie: 1/ A typed sheet with the details and documents that were given to the society in 1987. These are biographical details provided by the son of Hulbert Gorrie, a Chemist who worked at Rankin and Eyval Chemists shop at 165 Glenhuntly Road (from around 1920 to 1957). Hulbert and his wife Gertrude Gorrie purchased the vacant block and built the first house at the address in 1936. The photo mentioned of Hulbert at the shop is held in our file 1080A Glenhuntly Road Elsternwick. gorrie gertrude, gorrie hulbert hopetoun, barnard ernest franklin, hobart john bertram, grange road, neerim road, elsternwick, contract of sale of land, dwelling, land, e.j & h amos, hintons nursery, real estate agents, builder, glen huntly, coorigil road, murrumbeena, emma st, caulfield, parish of prahran, caulfield county of bourke, legal document, chemist, rankin and eyval shop, glenhuntly road, carnegie, glen huntly road