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C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 37 Fitzroy Street, Geelong, has significance as a reasonably intact example of a transitional Federation and interwar Californian Bungalow style. Built in 1922-23 for William Henry Orchard, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 37 Fitzroy Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Federation and interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the L shaped form, hipped and gabled roofs and the return corner verandah under the hipped roofs. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, unpainted brick chimneys with rendered tops, projecting cappings and terra cotta pots, broad eaves with exposed timber rafters, square timber verandah columns with timber brackets, flatroofed projecting bowed bays with timber framed casement windows and leadlighted highlights, timber framed doorway and leadlighted sidelight, and the decorative gable infill timber ventilators and brackets.

The house at 37 Fitzroy Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments during the interwar 1920s1940s period. In particular, this house has associations with William Henry Orchard, original owner from 1922-23.

Overall, the house at 37 Fitzroy Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1922, 1957, 1988, 1989.

Electoral Roll. Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougall's Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong City Council Rate Books (Barwon Ward), 1920-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Group

Health Services

Category

Clinic