AT EDEN'S FIRST LAND SALE IN 1843, Wm.
HIRST, MERCHANT OF SYDNEY, BOUGHT LOTS 4 & 5, SEC.1 (237 & 39 IMLAY ST.) FOR £20.
BANKRUPTCY FORCED HIRST TO LEASE AND SELL BOTH LOTS TO JAMES RIXON, FARMER OF CATHCART, WHO BUILT THIS TWO STOREY GEORGIAN-STYLE BUILDING DURING 1850'S OF LOCAL STONE, ROOFED IN WELSH SLATE. THE BUILDING WAS NOT COMPLETED & WAS LOCALLY KNOWN AS "HALF HOUSE".
1882, CENTRAL DOOR WAS RELOCATED.
1868-1891, BUILDING SERVED AS EDEN'S POST/TELEGRAPH OFFICE & RESIDENCE RUN BY THE KEBBY FAMILY.
1978-92, DERELICT BUILDING RESTORED.
1993, EDEN'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL YEAR, THE BUILDING WAS FINALLY COMPLETED.

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