OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Darriman, Queen Street, Mornington

DATE1920s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1270.2

HISTORY

Trooper Richard George Edwards purchased Darriman,11 - 13 Queen Street, Mornington, in 1923 for his wife and daughter Eileen, who had married Herbert Downward in 1916. The house cost 2,000 pounds, provided in part by the winnings of ‘Darriman’, a racehorse owned by George Edwards. On the death of Mrs Edwards it became Eileen’s house and she and her husband used it as their town house whereas the Balnarring farm ‘Maxwelton’ was their rural home.

DESCRIPTION

Single storied Edwardian house photographed from the side and showing the front verandah supported by decorated posts. The driveway is shown in the foreground between neat lawn edged with a garden bed.

KEYWORDS

Darriman, Queen Street, Downward, Eileen, Downward, Herbert, Edwards, Richard, Mornington