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Residence - Jacob's House

Location

17 Swanston Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 218156

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

Significant

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Architecturally, a distinctive Federation Bungalow style house with unsusual detailing and historically linked with one of Geelong's oldest drapery firms, run by the Jacobs family.

EXTERNAL INTEGRITY:

Generally original, except replacement of the fence.

STREETSCAPE:

Forms a significant pair with 15 Swanston Street and contributes to precinct 3.06, an Edwardian and Victorian era residential era.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence