Two storey shop, 134 Main Street, STAWELL

This property has been reviewed as part of the Stawell Main Street Precinct in 2024, and its heritage category is now Contributory.

The property is Contributory to the precinct.

Text from the 2004 heritage study: 

The building at 134 Main Street, makes a significant contribution to the architectural and visual significance of the predominantly 19th and early 20th century commercial streetscape. The form and rear sections of the building also contribute to the architectural significance of the area. Built in c.1885 for Mrs. Emma Evans, milliner, dressmaker and draper, the building replaced an earlier blacksmith's shop and rear residence. The building appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The building at 134 Main Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the simple rectangular parapet with the projecting moulded stringcourse at its base. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the narrow and symmetrical composition, two storey height, rendered brick wall construction, two early shallow-arched first floor timber framed double hung windows with moulded architraves, rendered quoinwork along the first floor building corners, and the projecting stringcourse and title panel (that reads "Stawell Total Music) flanking by projecting incised rectangular blocks supported by early paired consoles. The rear two storey hipped roof form and lower hipped roof form of the residential wing, together with the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, brick wall construction (but not overpainting), brick chimneys, shallow-arched timber framed double hung windows, door openings, side skillion verandah supported by timber columns and the capped timber balustrade also contribute to the significance of the place.

The building at 134 Main Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The site has associations with a Mr. Fulton, blacksmith and farrier, who operated his business from 1859-60. This building has associations with a Mrs. Emma Evans, draper, milliner, and dressmaker and original owner, who appears to have instigated construction for this shop and rear residential building in c.1885.

Overall, the building at 134 Main Street is of LOCAL significance.