Shop & Residences

The group of buildings, along with 153-155 George St, was erected in 1911-13. The three-storey building has typical Federation period characteristics; face brick, sandstone banded dressings and keystone lintels and gabled parapet. The group is a cohesive retail development from the years immediately following the NSW Government's resumption of The Rocks following the Bubonic Plague outbreak in 1900.

In the late 1980s the site was developed with a large commercial building erected behind 145-155 George Street, incorporating the facades of the earlier buildings which were restored with reconstructed awnings and other features.