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Footscray Fire Station Complex & palm

Other Name

Listed as number 69-71 in Footscray Urban Conservation Study. Vol: 4, pg. 44

Location

67-71 Droop Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2025018900

File Number

32

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

City of Maribyrnong Heritage Review Statement of Significance:Footscray Fire Station & palm are significant to the western region because:
- the station complex is one of the region's more architecturally accomplished inter-war public utility buildings (Criterion F1);
- the station complex and palm have remained essentially unaltered from the street view and preserves the functional association of fire engine garages and firemen's accommodation plus the landscape setting (Criterion D2);
- the palm is relatively unusual for a utility building landscape in the City ( Criterion B2); and - it is a long term public utility well known by the community, representing the early days of station construction under the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Criterion A4).

Footscray Conservation Study SOS

One of the city's more architecturally accomplished public utility buildings which has remained essentially unaltered from the street view.

Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria

The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:

F.1 design or technological achievement .

D.2 good example of type

B.2 rarity

A.4 demonstrates well the course and pattern of history, important historic events

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Tree