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Hi Anne & Collingwood Hist. Soc. colleagues, Thanks for your note about 11 Groom Street. I often walk in the area and have mused about the row, starting with the ex-shop on the SE corner, and next the striking pairs (3-5, 7-9) with no. 11 beside. Is anything further known about who built them and when? Very much in the style of the boot factory further up Groom Street.
These buildings certainly create interest because the style is different from most housing in Collingwood. They were built around 1890 and were owned by Jason Fraser, or possibly owned jointly by Jason and his brother Robert. The two were contractors so it is a fair guess they built the houses themselves. Jason and Robert lived in two of the buildings at first, letting the others, but seem to have moved elsewhere within a few years. Which boot factory do you mean?