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PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH (FORMER)

Other Name

Salvation Army Hall

Location

18 Mitchell Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #102

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2]
City of Darebin Heritage
[2/2]
City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Primitive Methodist Church constructed by 1889 and the former church hall, at 18 Mitchell Street, Northcote.

How is it significant?
The former Primitive Methodist Church and hallare of local architectural and historical significance to Darebin City

Why is it significant?
The church and hall are historically significant as evidence of the strength of the Primitive Methodist Church in the nineteenth century in Darebin. The later use of the church and hall by the Salvation Army illustrates the growth of the Army in the early twentieth century. (Criteria A & H)

The church is architecturally significant as one of a small number designed in the Roman temple form, Baptist and Wesleyan Churches being more likely among the faiths to be constructed in this style. This is the only classically designed church in Northcote and one of a few Roman style 19th century churches in the State.It has also served as a public building in the city for a over 100 years. (Criterion D)

Group

Religion