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MIRBOO SHIRE HALL & OFFICES (FORMER)

Location 30 RIDGWAY, MIRBOO NORTH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Mirboo Shire Hall & Offices

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Mirboo Shire Hall & Offices, designed by AC Leith & Bartlett and constructed by H. Roberts in 1938, at 30 Ridgway, Mirboo North.

Why is it significant?
The former Mirboo Shire Hall & Offices is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the town and district of Mirboo North.

Historically, as the municipal headquarters of the former Mirboo Shire, it is important in demonstrating the history of local government and the development that occurred in the interwar period. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2) Aesthetically, it is a locally superior example of an interwar public building in the Classical Revival Style by noted Melbourne architects, Leith & Bartlett. It is the focal point of the civic precinct in the historic Ridgway precinct in Mirboo North. (AHC criterion - E.1) Socially, it has played an important role in the development of the Mirboo community and is an important part of the identity of the local area. (AHC criterion - G.1)