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Antient York Lodge No. 80 Temple (former)

Other Name Lefkadian Brotherhood (Lefkada) Hall Location 124 Bell Street, Coburg VIC 3058 - Property No 29607 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Antient York Lodge No. 80 Temple at 124 Bell Street, Coburg.

How is it significant?
The former Antient York Lodge No. 80 Temple at 124 Bell Street, Coburg is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
Of historic significance, as the first Masonic temple to be constructed in Coburg and the first permanent home of the Antient York Lodge which formed in Melbourne in 1879. Also, as a meeting place for the Coburg and wider Masonic communities from 1911 to 1986, and for its strong connections with the Coburg Council, and particularly with the leaders of the Council who were shaping local policy whilst members and leaders of the Lodge. It demonstrates the important and influential role that masonic lodges played in the development of communities until the immediate post-war period and the strength of masonism in Coburg particularly.

Of aesthetic significance, as an intact representative example of an interwar Masonic Temple in the stripped classical style typical of these buildings, which is notable for unusual design detail such as the portico.