Evandale,15-17 Stevens Street, Queenscliff

Evandale is of historical and architectural significance to the Borough of Queenscliffe. It is historically significant for its association with the earliest phase of development at Queenscliffe, and as apparently part of a group of comparatively large early properties on the hill above Mercer Street, associated with the pilots' service and other prominent townspeople. It was also associated with the Health Officer, Dr Alexander Robertson, for whom it was built; and as a home to pilots from the 1860s to 1880s, including Samuel Evans, an early owner, who later compiled a treatise on navigation on the bay. Architecturally, although of an evolved nature, Evandale, in its weatherboard cladding and gabled forms, demonstrates the simple architectural form of early buildings in the township. It is also a rare surviving timber building of this early era in Queenscliff.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House