eHive Object Details

Name/TitleResidence of H. F. Young, "Normanhurst", Brighton Road, St Kilda [Elsternwick], c. 1910

About this objectThis photograph is of a large two-storey Late-Victorian Italianate-style house with filigree decoration, surrounded by an ornamental garden including a fountain, small lake and summer house, as seen in the foreground. The house had 12 main rooms and sat on one and three-quarter acres.

"Normanhurst" was located on the west side of Brighton Road, next to and north of the Elsternwick Hotel which still stands on the corner of Glen Huntly Road. It was sold in 1938 for ten thousand pounds. Unfortunately, it has since been demolished and replaced by flats.

The house was built during the 1890s for Henry Figsby Young (1849-1925), the co-owner of the Young & Jackson Hotel, located on the corner of Swanston and Flinders streets. Young decorated his house with a fine collection of pictures and statues.

One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.

For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

MakerT.W. Cameron (Firm)

Maker RoleSlide Maker

Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm

Period1910-1920

Object TypeGlass slide

Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956

Subject and Association KeywordsElsternwick (Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsYoung and Jackson's Hotel (Melbourne, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsYoung, Henry Figsby, 1849-1925

Subject and Association KeywordsSt Kilda Road (Melbourne, Vic.)

Subject and Association KeywordsArchitecture

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberGS-BCS-72

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