Historic Norman Park colonial house to be auctioned mid-December
A split-level house in Queensland's Normal Park is set to go to auction this month, and it brings along a heritage story.
The 10 Power Street home was built in 1904 by the historic Galloway family.
We're told that the historical events and details of this time are not extensively documented, however the Galloway family bought the land in the late-1800s from a Courier Mail advertisement at the time, noting it as "prime agricultural land admirably adapted for sufar or cotton growers, market gardeners, dairymen and general farmers."
John James "JJ" Galloway was a progressive dairyman in the area. Galloway's Hill is named after JJ Galloway.
The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house will be auctioned at 6.30pm on December 12 in East Brisbane having been on the market for two weeks.
Marketing the property for sale is Place's Matthew Hackett who said that colonial-style homes are hard to find.
“The house has been renovated many times over the years, with a full renovation last taking place around 15 years ago, and the most recent update taking place in 2012, but the original components of the house have been retained," he said.
“This property has all the normal features of turn of the century Queensland houses, including tongue and groove walls, wide polished timber floors, French doors and a wide front verandah.”
The 810 square metre property also includes a four-car garage, an oversized pool deck, an in-ground pool and a poolside entertainment room.
The Ascot-Neiman Brafords family history website notes that it was in 1850 when Cornelius 'Con' Galloway moved from Scotland to Sydney, and worked as a journalist for the Sydney Herald. He later chased gold throughout Australia and into New Guinea. He moved to Brisbane, Ipswich, Hympie and Roma and commenced and was part of the newspapers in those localities.
His son was JJ Galloway who became a timber man and blacksmith in the area.
RP Data notes the last sale as the 15 September 2007 for $1,825,000, having previously transacted in August 1997 for $450,000. Previous to that, in March 1987, the property sold for $180,000.