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Residence "Almora"

Location

56 The Parade, OCEAN GROVE VIC 3226 - Property No 257607

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C Listed -Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

'Almora' is a substantial weatherboard dwelling in fair condition probably built in the 1890s and originally with a frontage to the Terrace, Ocean Grove.

It is of historic significance to the local community of Ocean Grove.

'Almora' was the residence of local historian Gill McKeown from 1950 and in the 1890s then known as Frisckney. It could have been the residence of another Ocean Grove identity Mr J Ingamells proprietor of the Coffee Palace. The house has links with Ocean Groves history as a summer holiday resort and was a guest house for a number of years.

It is of LOCAL cultural significance.

References

1. GHRC Ocean Grove file.

2. GA 25.10.1891 and Townsend, A. These Friendly Shores. p.12

3. Mrs. Jean Hose. Ocean Grove pers. comm. Sands and McDougall directory 1912,1918 and 1922

4, McKeown G. The Grove that Grew p.24

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence