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MASONIC TEMPLE (FORMER)

Other Name Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Location 265 BRUNSWICK ROAD,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 442 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 265 Brunswick Rd. Brunswick

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The former Masonic Temple at 265 Brunswick Road, Brunswick.

How is it Significant?
The former Masonic Temple at 265 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, is of local historical and architectural significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it Significant?
Historically, it provides evidence of the prominence of the Masonic organisation as a local centre for male-oriented social, charitable and recreational activity in the early twentieth century, which has abated somewhat in more recent decades. (AHC Criterion G.1)

Architecturally it is significant as the temple is an intact and representative example of its type, with typical classical-derived composition and detailing. It remains as a prominent element in the streetscape. (AHC Criterion E.1)