Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Moddsey notes:
Whilst perusing the 1913 PWD Annual Report, item 139 indicates that K.I.L. 540 refers to 1-9 Torres Buildings. The name of the building appears in this photo here
Noted an advertisement for the letting-out of houses in the Torres Buildings, Kimberley Road from 13 September 1913. China Mail 18 September 1913 refers.
KIL 540 is shown on the 1896 map, and the nine buildings along the south side of Kimberley Road are clear to see on the 1920 map.
Item 47 in the PWD's annual report for 1913 says these buildings were completed that year.
Photos that show this Place
1906
c.1920
1926
Comments
"Torres Buildings" - No. 1…
"Torres Buildings" - No. 1 was towards Carnarvon Road and No. 9 was towards Observatory Road
No. 24 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 1 (Re-entry)
No. 26 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 2 (Re-entry)
N0. 28 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 3 (Re-entry)
No. 30 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 4 (Re-entry)
No. 32 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 5 (Re-entry)
No. 34 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 6 (Re-entry)
No. 36 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 7 (Re-entry)
No. 38 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 8 (Re-entry)
No. 40 K.I.L. 540 R.P. "Torres Buildings" No. 9 (Re-entry)
Source: 1938 Street Index page 243 (image 447)
Partially destroyed Torres…
Interesting photo from late 1945 showing the foundations of Nos. 3-6 Torres Buildings, the buildings most likely destroyed during WWII.
This auction seems to hint…
This auction seems to hint at the existence of property present on K.I.L. No. 540 already in September 1906. The P.W.D. annual report for 1913 mention the completion of scavenging lanes related to Torres Buildings.
There were buildings on the…
There were buildings on the lot at the time of the auction in 1906, but the 1903 map shows the early buildings were on the south side of the lot. The area where Torres Buildings would be built was still empty at that time.