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Myer House
Location2-106 SOLDIER'S ROAD BERWICK, CASEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, to the extent of the exterior fabric is significant. The single-storey prefabricated dwelling was built in c.1947-48 by owner Marshall Lawrence Baillieu, grazier and businessman, probably as permanent accommodation for a farm manager at Minta Farm.
How is it significant?
The Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Casey.
Why is it significant?
Architecturally, the Myer House building at Minta Farm, Berwick, which dates to c.1947-48, is a highly intact and rare surviving example of its type in the City of Casey. There are only a few known comparable examples which survive with a high degree of integrity of the prefabricated Myer House, which were constructed by the CAC and marketed by the Myer Emporium, that survive in Victoria. (Criterion B)
Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, is an example of the measures taken to alleviate the housing shortage in Victoria immediately following World War II. The Myer
House was an affordable and easily constructed dwelling that was designed in response to this need. (Criterion A)
Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, through its use as a farm manager’s house, is evidence of the prosperous period of the wool industry in Victoria in the postwar era and the general prosperity of graziers in the district during that period. Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, is associated with the various successful
enterprises, including grazing, pursued by members of the Baillieu family, who were one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Victoria. (Criterion H)
Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, is an example of the measures taken to alleviate the housing shortage in Victoria immediately following World War II. The Myer
House was an affordable and easily constructed dwelling that was designed in response to this need. (Criterion A)
Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, through its use as a farm manager’s house, is evidence of the prosperous period of the wool industry in Victoria in the postwar era and the general prosperity of graziers in the district during that period. Historically, the Myer House at Minta Farm, Berwick, is associated with the various successful
enterprises, including grazing, pursued by members of the Baillieu family, who were one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Victoria. (Criterion H)