FORMER SCOTT BUTCHER SITE

The area is first mapped as allotments 4 and 5 of Section C as Detailed in the Revised Town Block Plan of Main Road (Blocks A. B. C. D.) The area comprised three stores, and all had a high turnover in tenancy throughout the 1850s and 1860s. throughout the 1870s two of the three allotments were occupied by A Scott, Butcher, and the Acott family, Mr. Olds greengrocer occupied allotment 4 for 25 years. In 1890 there was a major fire event resulting in the destruction of property. The site was likely rebuilding by Scott in 1891. The twentieth century occupation of the site requires additional research; however the 1926-1936 Ballarat Sewerage Authority Plans shows three cesspits across the properties.

The site is of local historical and archaeological significance.

The site is of historical significance as the location of an early commerical and residential premesis during the years of the Victorian Gold Rush - one of the most significant rushes in world history. The site is of archaeological significance due to its potential to contain artefacts, deposits, features that elate to the establishment of commerical operation in the Ballarat goldfeild, and later ninteenth century occupations.