34 Waterloo Crescent (Extant)

Considered to be one of St Kilda's oldest houses, this prefabricated timber house was originally on a largish block of land located on Argyle Street. Argyle Street then ran from Barkly Street to Chapel but the widening of High Street in 1970 saw its conversion to form part of Waterloo Street (now Crescent).

Behind this house was a mansion called 'Verona' which faced onto High Street. Verona became landlocked with the redevelopment of properties along High Street C 1880’s and used the lane alongside 34 for access.

 By 1970 all the remaining land east of this house had been consolidated and a large office block was built taking up all of the area that was part of 'Verona'. The remaining deep but narrow allotments along this section of Waterloo Crescent were largely rebuilt with 3 storey walk up flats in the 60's.

The house at number 34 is now one of few remaining residences here and probably the only surviving timber house from the 1850s in St Kilda.

Its owners in the 1990s were very proud of its status and carefully restored it according to conservation principles outlined in the report (See picture Gallery for details. Including real estate photos from its sale in 20160.