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METHODIST CHURCH (FORMER)

Other Name Greek Orthodox Church Location 279 ALBION STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 14769 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 279 Albion St. Brunswick

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The former Methodist Church at 279 Albion Street, Brunswick.

How is it Significant?
The former Methodist Church at 279 Albion Street, Brunswick is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it Significant?
The former Methodist Church is of historic signficance as there has been a Methodist church on this site since 1911, when the first building was built to cater for the new residential subdivision, of which the Edwardian houses at Nos 265, 275, 281 and 283 still remain and collectively form a context. (AHC Criterion A.2)

The current building, erected in 1934, demonstrates the expansion of church facilities as population increased during the inter-War period. The church has been an important focus for different religious denominations and community activity for many decades (AHC Criterion G.1). Its more recent remodelling and re-use by the Greek Orthodox community provides significant evidence of the changing demography of the region in the post-War years.

Architecturally it is significant as the church is a representative and intact example of an inter-War brick church with typically simplified Gothic detailing (AHC Criterion E.1), and remains as a prominent element in the streetscape.

Its connection with Leslie J Wilson, local resident but evidently not a practicing architect, is of some interest.