OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Taylor’s Mt Martha Guest House

DATE1995 to 1999

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1206.96

HISTORY

George Taylor arrived when he was 4 years old on the “Westminster” in 1842. He married Mary Anne Kenny in 1860 at the age of 22. They made their home into a private guest house and called it “Grandview”. They kept cows and poultry, and they had 11 children. George opened the first store in Vancouver Street. George died in 1922 age 84. Mary lived until she was 92.

DESCRIPTION

A white weather board house with a verandah and a metal roof. The house is set on a large block of land

SUBJECTS

Guesthouses, Historic buildings, Timber houses

KEYWORDS

Guesthouses, Historic buildings, Kenny, Mary Anne, Mt Martha, Mt Martha coast, Taylor, George, Timber houses