Historical information

Headlie Taylor worked for H.V. McKay and was the chief designer there. Headlie designed and built the house and gardends at 129 - 131 Durham Road Sunshine in 1938. He lived in the house until his death in 1957. The house was then sold to the Crown, which then set up a boys' hostel in 1959. In the 1990's the house became a drug / alcohol counselling centre for women and children by Western Health. The house then fell into disrepair and Western Health then sold the house to developers. The developers lodged a planning application to demolish all buildings and construct six double story townhouses. There were many objections to this application which led to a compromise and only single story townhouses were built.

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Star Weekly Newspaper Article 2nd September 2014 Page 9 - History On Shaky Ground

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History On Shaky Ground