A repository of photographs of leadlight in homes in the Inner Western Suburbs of Sydney.
Marrickville
Schwebel Street
Main Period: Victorian - Federation - Interwar
Leadlight apparent at No’s 9, 40 46 &48.
Schwebel Street is shown on the Myrtle Grove subdivision of 1884 Myrtle Grove is shown as a mansion on this subdivision with a frontage on Schwebel Street. There is a huge drop of about 10 metres to where the mansion would have been. The subdivision shows that lots on the southeastern side of Schwebel were auctioned as early as 1884. Lot at the southwestern are shown n the Warren Grove Estate in 1888 where the street was shown as Shwabel Street. In 1891 the Residence of J.Meeks is clearly shown ordering o Schwebel Street. In 1896 Meeks’ property appears to have been acquired by Alexander Sneddon and renamed Myrtle Grove. With such early subdivisions there isn’t a lot of leadlight. Schwebel Street is shown in the 1920 Riverdale Estate as having a lot of cottages with many of their names shown.