Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall

Martin Street (at rear of Evangelical Lutheran Church)

This building has local significance as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church complex and as the second oldest building on that site. ([i]) It dates from 1939 when a town Lutheran congregation was formed. ([ii]) German Lutheran settlers, who played an important role in the early history of Hamilton, originally travelled overland from South Australia and built farms outside the town between Hamilton and Mount Rouse. ([iii]) Early Lutheran churches were built near Byaduk (1857) and at German Town (1858-59). ([iv]) There was a drifting of Lutherans toward the Hamilton township in the aerly twentieth century. At first they met in the Temperance Hall in Gray Street but in 1939 a hall was built on the corner of Martin and Thompson Streets, which was able to be used as a church until a proper one was erected. ([v]) It was moved to the rear of the church site in 1956. ([vi]) The building is substantially intact and in good condition.