Leadlight of Inner Western Sydney

Robert Street has a mixture of Victorian and Federation era homes. TRobert Street is on the site of Robert Pfoeffer’s market garden. It was originally called Pfoeffer Street. Robert Pfoeffer was a local market gardener and a Mayor of Marrickville (1877-78). Robert Street is shown on the Pfoeffer’s Garden subdivision and in the Compagnoni’s Garden subdivision. It seems that the Pfoeffer’s Garden subdivision occurred in 1884 and the southern end of the street took place soon after. Leadlight was not common in Victorian homes, limited to fanlights above front doors. It appears more frequently in the Federation period and this can be seen in the leadlight of Robert Street. There are also a few oddities to explore The even numbered side was subsequently subdivided in the early 1900’s. Parts of Robert Street are included in the David Street Heritage Conservation area.

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These plans provide a great indication of Marrickville in transition from a rural rea with farms and large mansion estates to a n increasingly urbanised and industrialised period in the 1880’s