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SALVATION ARMY HALL

Other Name Salvation Army Citadel, Salvation Army Barracks Location 256 ALBERT STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 5329 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 256 Albert St. Brunswick

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Salvation Army Hall at 256 Albert Street, Brunswick.

How is it significant?
The Salvation Army Hall at 256 Albert Street, Brunswick is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
Of historic significance, as a Salvation Army Hall that has been constantly used for this purpose since its construction in 1884, that is, 120 years. Also for its continued association with the Salvation Army, the oldest organised Christian religion in Brunswick and for its early associations with the Salvation Army in Australia, the second outpost of the Salvation Army after the United States of America, and as an early permanent citadel for the Salvation Army in Australia that is still used for that purpose. (AHC Criteria A.4 & D.2)

Of aesthetic significance, as a good example of an early purpose-built Salvation Army Citadel, dating from the late nineteenth century, which although altered retains much of its original fabric. (AHC Criterion E.1)

Of social significance, as a meeting place and a place of refuge and assistance for the community for over 120 years, from its construction in 1884 to the present day. (AHC Criterion G.1)