History
270 Cuba Street Dismantling
This house was built by the Tonks, probably in the 1860s after the purchase of the Town Acre, but specific records for this period are scarce and the house might date to the 1850s. The house remained in the Tonks family until 1950.
The original part of the house consisted of the remaining front two gables - the rear addition was probably an existing building moved onto the site and attached to the house in the early 1900s.
New Location
270 Cuba Street Dismantling
85 metres west of its current location on Cuba Street to Kensington Street behind the relocated 13 Tonks Ave building. This building is part of the Kensington precinct.
New Address
17 Kensington Street
New Colours
Pearl
Buff
Dark Crimson
270 Cuba Street Dismantling
Construction Update
March 2005 – carefully taken apart as the building was structurally unsound and could not be relocated
February 2006 – construction of new piles commenced
March 2006 – reconstruction of the building commenced
September 2006 – construction completed
270 Cuba Street Painting
