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STORE AND RESIDENCE (CURVED ROOF)

Other Name THURMAN'S BAZAAR Location 95 Whyte Street, COLERAINE VIC 3315 - Property No 104 File Number 494 Level Stage 2 study complete

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The store and residence at 95 Whyte Street is a good representative example of a timber shop and residence constructed by a tinsmith in the early 1870s. The store and residence are both single storey timber structures, with a corrugated iron barrel vault roof. The residence is located at the rear of the store, which faces Whyte Street. Both buildings, especially the barrel vault roof demonstrate the tinsmith's trade skill in its design and construction. The tinsmith who built the store and residence was Ferdinand Habermann, who operated the store until 1873, when it was sold to William George Thurman, who was Shire President from 1873 -1911, whose wife Annie ran the store as "Thurman's Bazaar" until 1911, when a Miss Friend took over. The store has also housed one of the few Chinese grocer's in the township, Louey Sing for a period in the first half of the twentieth century. The store and residence have been somewhat altered and enlarged, but retain a high degree of integrity upto the interwar period.

How is it significant?
The store and residence at 95 Whyte Street Coleraine is of historical and aesthetic significance to the township of Coleraine.

Why is it significant?
The store and residence at 95 Whyte Street is historically important as a reminder of the building's previous commercial activity, as a tinsmith. It is of further interest that Ferdinand Habermann, a tinsmith chose to build this particular barrel vaulted roof structure for his own store and residence, which has made an aesthetic impact on the streetscape of Coleraine, being unlike the more traditional straight roof lines which surround it. The store and residence are of further historical significance for the long association as Thurman's Bazaar, run by Annie and William Thurman for over thirty years, the Thurman's being important local people who were strongly involved in the community for a long period of time. The store is of particular aesthetic interest for the landmark contribution it makes to the main streetscape with its distinctive curved roof appearance.