Catholic Church Hall

The former Catholic Church Hall has been demolished. The following SoS was prepared for the 2004 Heritage Study:

What is significant?
The Leongatha Catholic Church Hall, designed by T.E. Molloy and constructed by Ahern & Bridgman in 1927, and the front fence at 25 Ogilvy Street, Leongatha.

Why is it significant?
The Leongatha Catholic Church Hall is of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it is part of a group of buildings including the adjacent Church (1913), Presbytery (1914), Convent School (1914) and Convent (1914) that demonstrate the highly important phase in the development of the Catholic Church in Leongatha during the tenure of Dean Peter Coyne. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Aesthetically, it is a basic gabled hall with a parapeted front section that imparts some ecclesiastical character to an otherwise utilitarian structure. Together with the original fence, it contributes to the historic character of Ogilvy Street and is most important as a part of the Catholic Church precinct. It is also of interest as one of a number of interwar public buildings designed by the locally important architect, TE Molloy. (AHC criterion - E.1)

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Religion

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Church Hall