20 Bell Street today
By Mike Moore
This building was erected in 1867.
Some of the early occupants were surgeon Gustavus Matt (1867), Mrs Spooner’s Fitzroy Ladies College (1881-88), Charles Shaw dairy (1894), Joshua Moss fruiterer (1895-1910) and Fitzroy councillor from 1905.
More recent occupants were George Norris greengrocer (1920), W Gillam hairdresser (1930) and Blakey’s printing service in 1970.