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Olinda Mechanics Institute

Other Name Olinda Mechanics Institute & Free Library Location 69 Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda VIC 3788 - Property No 20088 File Number 585 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The Olinda Mechanics Institute, designed by the Melbourne architect, A.E.H. Carleton, and opened in 1913, has high local significance as an important community meeting place for more than 80 years. The Olinda Mechanics Institute is architecturally significant as an intact example of a modest timber community building dating from early twentieth century.