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Luther College

Location 1-37 Plymouth Road CROYDON, MAROONDAH CITY Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

A large Modernist private Lutheran Christian school complex consisting of buildings built in 1963 (Frederick Romberg, of Romberg and Boyd, architects), 1967 (Mockridge, Stahle and Mitchell, architects), 1979-85 (Loftus-Hills, Harkin & Ziersch, architects) and recently. It is historically significant as the first major Lutheran school in Victoria, one of four major private schools in the muncipality and for its association with educational developments in local community life. It is architecturally significant as representative of the work of important architects Frederick Romberg of Romberg & Boyd, and of Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell and of the work of important glass artist Klaus Zimmer. It is also socially significant as a focus and repository of memories for the community of families associated with it.