FORMER SHOP & RESIDENCE

Statement of Significance as recorded under the Queenscliff Heritage Study 2009:

No. 34 Mercer Street is of historical and architectural significance to the Borough of Queenscliffe. It is of historical significance as a small commercial building of the early-1880s which served as premises for a number of trades. Architecturally, despite its adaptation to a residential property, and a number of other modifications, the building retains key elements of its original form and character. The original shop component of the building is also representative of early-1880s commercial developments in Queenscliff, with its facade and entrance directly on the street and verandah over the footpath. It is additionally part of a group of similarly modest, low-scale historic buildings in this area of Mercer Street.