James Wood, a carpenter, built a house and shop on this allotment about 1868, probably with the help of his brother William Wood, who was a stone mason. Both James and William left the district in 1874 and went to Port Pirie, where they established a timber business named Wood & Co.

This property was rented out for a few years and then sold in 1880. It was used for a short time by Alfred Newman, who had a saddlery business, but from about 1884 it was leased by Joseph Bird and then bought by him in 1895. Joseph Bird was the first of a long line of butchers to have their business here. In 1955 the building was divided into two parts and in 1968 the eastern part was substantially altered and rebuilt as a chemist shop. The western side of the building is the Senior Citizen's Op Shop.