"Redpath's Antiques"

These stables have great regional historical significance because of their associations with William Walkers omnibus service, which played such an important role in the early development of transport in the Geelong district. They were constructed in 1895 for Walker, who ran his bus service from there until November 1901. Arthur Nicholls Vines, proprietor of the Cobb and Co. coaching service, briefly ran a bus service from there and from 1911 until the middle 1920s, Frank Lloyd Hooper, founder of the Hooper grocery stores, used the building as stabling and a shop. Henry Hooper, grocer, was the owner in the late 1920s and early 1930s, using the building at first for stabling and then as a store and shop. The building has local architectural significance as a late nineteenth century commercial stone building relatively intact, except lacking the Shannon Avenue front.

Group

Retail and Wholesale

Category

Shopping/retail complex