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FORMER POLICE STATION

Location

1 - 3 DICKSON STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

File Number

603972

Level

Registered

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Police Station, Echuca, erected in 1866-6, was designed by H. A. Williams of the Public Works Department and was constructed by W.W. Moore. The original single storey structure built of local red bricks and consisting of four rooms, was extended in 1876 by the addition of two rooms to create the existing symmetrical building with projecting gables at each end and a central recessed timber verandah. A three-cell brick lockup with granite dressings to the openings, built earlier in 1861 and extended in 1887-88, is located at the rear of the building. The original police stables have however been demolished. The buildings were closed as police station and lock up in 1969 and have since been used as a historical museum. A number of rudimentary covered shelters have been erected at the rear of the building for the purposes of protecting external exhibitions.

How is it significant?
The former Police Station, Echuca, is of historical and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The former Police Station, Echuca, is historically significant as one of the earliest buildings associated with the development of Echuca as Australia’s largest inland port. The growth of the building is reflective of growth of the port which peaked during the 1880’s.

The former Police Station, Echuca, together with the lockup, are architecturally significant as notable examples of the police buildings erected throughout Victoria in the nineteenth century. The simple detailing and lack of ornament are important features as they reflect the building's utilitarian function and demonstrate an important period in the development of the Public Works Department.
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