Lot 6 Section 9, Cnr of Havilah St and Denison Street, Hill End

Note 1: Resumed as part of the Hill End Historic Site proclaimed 24 Dec 1970 (867)
Note 2: The Protestant Hall may never have been completed as there were ongoing issues within the organisation. The bricks for this building were made at the brick works at Kitty Flat. Eventually the building was demolished and the bricks were used to build the Royal Hall in 1904. The emblem above the doorway of the Royal Hall bears the badge of the Masonic movement. (653)
Businesses or Multiple Businesses Occupying this Lot overtime.
Lot Owners are Listed Below, if known:
Protestant Hall (Masonic)
Crown Plan: 121-1742
Title Type: Grant Upon Purchase of Improved Crown Lands
Title Date: 5 Mar 1875
Title Volume - Folio No.:
Grant or Certificate of Title
203-26
Subsequent Title Nos.: 370-215
Area: a=area r=rood p=perch 35¾ perches
Original Sale Price: £5-11-0
Lot Acquired by:

The source for these names comes from the first Grant or Certificate of Title issued for the Lot, and where available subsequent issued Titles but it is by NO means complete.
Current owners are not included.
The dates shown for the initial or transfer of ownership is in most cases when the document was signed by the Governor of New South Wales or their represntative, or when the transfer was recorded and not when the actual acquisition took place, which could have been months or years previously.

PULLEN William Toft - 5 Mar 1875
of Hill End in partnership with Henry Stuart

STUART Henry - 5 Mar 1875
of Hill End in partnership with William Toft Pullen

GORDON John Simpson - 27 Mar 1877
a Wine Merchant of Sydney

New South Wales Govt. - 9 Jul 1878
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria

New South Wales Govt. - 3 Sep 1954
Resumed for Reserve No.77025

New South Wales Govt. - 26 Sep 1955
Upon the revocation of Reserve No.77025 the Lot became Crown Land


Occupants and Structures on this Lot

Steeles Hotel, Saint Pauls Presbyterian Church, Saint Andrews Church of England Church, and the Protestant Hall
View looking north over the old Scandinavian Gold Mining Company

Note 1: This image was taken before 1904 as the Protestant Hall on the right was pulled down and the bricks used to build the Royal Hall in 1904. (653)

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Image courtesy of: Online purchase from eBay

NSW State Library Digital Order No:hill_end_1900

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