Adelaide. leabrook. The F. C. Catt familys Leabrook Villa 1910. Now a Resthaven Aged Care Facility.
Leabrook Resthaven.
The history of the Queen Anne style house at Leabrook relates to the rising fortunes of Mr F.C Catt. The Catt family resided from early days in the 1870s in Gladstone in the Mid North of South Australia. Mr Catt senior was a state politician, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Synod and a strong community worker. His son F. C catt moved to Adelaide and worked in the drapery trade for some years before opening his own Adelaide Speciality Stores in 1905 at 70 Rundle Street almost next door to Balfours bakery and café. He expanded quickly and opened an Adelaide Specialty Store in Gladstone in 1906 and a further one in Balaklava some years later. He eventually had his city stores based from 64 to 72 Rundle Street. As a successful drapers and store operator he built a fine Queen Anne villa on Glynburn Road Leabrook in 1910. Around the time he closed his Balaklava and other stores he sold the villa to the Cooper brewing family of Leabrook. They owned the house until it was sold to the Methodist Church in 1944. The Methodist Church had founded a home for elderly ladies in 1935 at Brighton. In the same year the Methodist Church opened another rest home at Payneham. The homes were known as Methodist Homes for Ladies and later for the Elderly as they began to accept male residents. The villa at Leabrook was purchased in 1944 and it became the first Resthaven in 1947 when the Methodist Church adopted the name of Resthaven Homes. With many additions the Queen Anne villa still operates as a Resthaven Aged Care Facility.
Adelaide. leabrook. The F. C. Catt familys Leabrook Villa 1910. Now a Resthaven Aged Care Facility.
Leabrook Resthaven.
The history of the Queen Anne style house at Leabrook relates to the rising fortunes of Mr F.C Catt. The Catt family resided from early days in the 1870s in Gladstone in the Mid North of South Australia. Mr Catt senior was a state politician, a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Synod and a strong community worker. His son F. C catt moved to Adelaide and worked in the drapery trade for some years before opening his own Adelaide Speciality Stores in 1905 at 70 Rundle Street almost next door to Balfours bakery and café. He expanded quickly and opened an Adelaide Specialty Store in Gladstone in 1906 and a further one in Balaklava some years later. He eventually had his city stores based from 64 to 72 Rundle Street. As a successful drapers and store operator he built a fine Queen Anne villa on Glynburn Road Leabrook in 1910. Around the time he closed his Balaklava and other stores he sold the villa to the Cooper brewing family of Leabrook. They owned the house until it was sold to the Methodist Church in 1944. The Methodist Church had founded a home for elderly ladies in 1935 at Brighton. In the same year the Methodist Church opened another rest home at Payneham. The homes were known as Methodist Homes for Ladies and later for the Elderly as they began to accept male residents. The villa at Leabrook was purchased in 1944 and it became the first Resthaven in 1947 when the Methodist Church adopted the name of Resthaven Homes. With many additions the Queen Anne villa still operates as a Resthaven Aged Care Facility.