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George Gill Chemist

Location 152 Gray St HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire File Number HAMDS061 Level Stage 2 study complete

[1/1] 26562 George Gill Chemist

Statement of Significance

SIGNIFICANCE: Important fraternal twin of eastern neighbour.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

George Gill, chemist
152 Gray Street


This red brick chemist's shop has architectural interest as a fraternal twin of 154 Gray Street and has local significance as the site of a chemist's shop from c1874-5, when a brick shop was owned and occupied by Edward Howard Jackson, chemist. ([i]) Chemists were among Hamilton's earliest businesses. ([ii]) By the 1880s a brick shop on the site was owned and occupied by chemists, John Gaffney and George Phillips Jnr, ([iii]) and from 1888 by Phillips alone. ([iv]) The description of the building remained the same at the turn of the century when George Gill, chemist, was the occupier and, from 1915, the owner/occupier. ([v])


The building was probably refaced in 1915 when George Gill became the sole owner in which case it would be one of the few buildings built in that decade. It appears to remain intact underneath the cladding which obscures its first floor and parapet. It contributes to the streetscape as a fraternal twin to its larger neighbour.