sentences:  The building dates from 1725 and was built by John Strahan as a pair of attached Georgian houses that would have been occupied by merchants.No 68 Prince Street was commissioned by John Hobbs and bears a pediment carved with two falcons or 'hobbies' reminding posterity of the origin of the house.In 1777 it was converted into a public house which was patronised by warehousemen and dockworkers at the nearby port.