STONY CREEK STATE SCHOOL NO. 3665 & TEACHER'S RESIDENCE

The Stony Creek State School No. 3665, at 14-20 Stony Creek-Dollar Road, Stony Creek, designed by the Public Works Department and built in 1913, is significant. It is a typical Federation single room gabled weatherboard school with an offset gabled entry porch to the north and a bank of multi-pane and hopper windows to the south. The porch has a side entry in an extended section of its roof plane. The gable ends of the main building have louvred vents and porch retains a vertical battened end frames. There is an original shelter shed in the northeast corner, and another early shelter shed closer to the school. The mature Oaks (Quercus sp.) and the Canary Island Palm (Phoenix canariensis) along the frontage contribute to the significance of the place. 
Non-original alterations and additions, and buildings other than those specified above, are not significant.

The former Stony Creek State School No. 3665 is of historic, representative and aesthetic significance to the South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it is associated with the growth of Stony Creek during the early twentieth century following the establishment of the butter factory and, along with the hall, played an important role in the development of the community. The school was established with the support of the local community and they continued to play an active role in the development of the school until its closure. The mature trees demonstrate the tradition of Arbor Day and improvements made to the school grounds by students and the community. (Criterion A) 
It is of representative significance of a rural one-room school of typical design, which is complemented by associated shelter shed buildings and mature plantings. (Criterion A and D) 
It has aesthetic value as an early timber school within a setting of mature trees. (Criterion E)