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Electric Lighting and Traction Co.

Location

82 Brougham Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 212547

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

82-86 Brougham Street has architectural and historic significance at a local level. It is a representative example of Federation commercial architecture in the Geelong area. The facade has a high degree of integrity and retains characteristic form and siting, as well as notable details displaying a Mannerist influence. The building has historical associations with the Electric Lighting Traction Company for whom it was built, and from 1930 to 1970 was occupied by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria continuing the building's historical association with power supply to Geelong for a period of seventy years.

Group

Commercial

Category

Office building