Ferguson Street Residential Precinct

[NOTE*] 1 Ferguson Street no longer exists. A search of Council records indicate that it was located to the rear of 3 Ferguson Street and has since been demolished. Given the site no longer exists it should not be listed as contributory.

The Ferguson Street Maritime Residential Heritage Precinct is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Historically and socially, it is significant for its ability to illustrate the early residential development of Ferguson Street before it became the main commercial centre of Williamstown from the late nineteenth century onwards as the town turned inwards and away from Nelson Place and the port as it declined. All of the houses have strong associations with the early maritime history of Williamstown when it was the main port of Melbourne by their early ownership and occupation by people such as James Deane, FW Deane, John Battersby and James Sivies. (AHC criteria A4, D2 and H1)

Aesthetically, the houses at 2-4 Ferguson Street are significant as a small cohesive Victorian era residential group, which share common characteristics of siting, scale, plan and form as well as uncommon details such as the two storey timber construction of No. 2 and the stone construction of No. 4 that illustrate well the typical early residential character of Ferguson Street. (AHC criterion E1)

On this basis, the following properties contribute to the significance of the precinct:

2 and 4 Ferguson Street

Please note that some heritage places within this precinct may also have an individual citation in this Study. There is a separate citation 'Ferguson Street Civic & Commercial'.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residential Precinct