Helenie

The integrity of the house’s grounds was compromised with the building of the Meadowbank Railway Bridge in 1886. When the Meadowbank Manufacturing Company established its works in 1890 (on the site of the modern day Meadowbank TAFE) Helenie was occupied by the manager. The building of the Ryde Punt in 1896 brought more transport infrastructure close to the house. It was described in the Northern District Times in June 1938 as, ‘a menace to health, being dilapidated, the woodwork being decayed and ant infested and the whole structure generally being in a bad condition.’

It was demolished in 1939. TEI (Telephone and Electrical Industries, later Siemens Plessey) was built on the site. When that factory closed the area became medium density housing.