Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 102 Garden Street, East Geelong, has significance as a moderately intact example of a Late Victorian style. Built in 189192 for Jonas Sunderland, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The house at 102 Garden Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped verandah having a hipped portico which projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, predominantly single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, two rendered brick chimneys with dentillated projecting tops, narrow eaves with worked timber brackets and rectangular panels, front central timber framed doorway with four panelled timber door and sidelights, panelled timber bases to the sidelights, timber framed double hung windows arranged in pairs at the front with timber sills supported by timber brackets, and the other timber framed double hung windows. The house at 102 Garden Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong in the late 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with Jonas Sunderland, original owner, from 189192. Overall, the house at 102 Garden Street is of LOCAL significance. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0940 Page GEELONG CITY C CITATIONS

References

References Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1952, 1987, 1988, 1994. Voters Roll, Barwon Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Electoral Roll, Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougall quotInvictaquot Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Barwon Ward, 18921960. Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0940 Page

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence