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ESSENDON (MOONEE PONDS) COURT HOUSE (FORMER)

Other Names

MPAC heritage study , Essendon Historical Society Museum

Location

770 MT ALEXANDER ROAD, and 3 KELLAWAY AVENUE, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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770 Mt Alexander Road.JPG
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24048 HO84

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Essendon (Moonee Ponds) Court House, designed by Public Works Department district architect S.E. Bindley and constructed in 1889, at 770 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds is significant.

Non-original alterations and additions to the house are not significant.

How is it significant?
The former Essendon (Moonee Ponds) Court House is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

NOTE: the court house is also listed on the Victorian Heritage Register, H1051 - please refer to the VHR citation.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant as an early Government building in Moonee Ponds. It demonstrates the beginnings of this area as the civic and community centre of Moonee Ponds. (Criterion A)

It is architecturally significant as a successful and complete design in the style associated with public buildings of that era and compares to Moonee Ponds railway station. The significance of the building is enhanced by a similarly near original interior and furnishings. (Criteria D & E)

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