19 High Street

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• Ikey Solomon is reputed to have run a tobacconist on this site between 1835 and 1838
• JJ Wilshire’s Derwent Stores (1856 - 1872)
• McGough & Andrewartha Emporium (-1895 - 1909)
• Scarr's Happy Home Store (manager Frank Brown) (-1913 - 1919+)
• Lee and Sons
• VD Lee's Ironmongery
• Tipper Lee Hardware
• Demolished (1967)
• Corner Capers
• Subway

Although the street address for this site is now 19 High Street, the land title is officially 34 & 34a Burnett Street and shows as such on List Maps and title search.

McGough & Andrewartha Emporium in 1906. (Photo courtesy of the Tasmanian Mail)

Scarr's Happy Home Store around 1918. Shop to the left behind the cart is JE Fuller's Bakery.

Browne's Furniture Store 1920s. The awning of JF Lee & Sons is visible on the left - built in 1912. 29 High Street, seen to the left, was built in 1921. Originally this photo was incorrectly dated and published as being from 1855. The building dates from 1856 but the photo is from the 1920s.

Streetscape showing JF Lee & Sons Furniture at number 19 and surrounding buildings

Demolition of the century old building in 1967 - the site was used as a car park for a couple of years until a new building was erected. (Photo courtesy of Damian Bester)