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Ryan's Butcher Shop & Residence.

Other Name

now Ryan's

Location

69 Main Street DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Ryan's Butcher Shop

Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1893-94 Ryan's butcher's shop and residence.

How is it significant?
The shop and residence is historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The shop and residence is historically significant for its long association with the Ryan family, a pioneering family in the Diamond Creek area, and because its construction reflects the growth of the Diamond Creek township in the later part of the 19th century (Criteria H & A). The shop and residence is aesthetically significant because it is in near original condition. Together with the St Johns Church of England (HO 132) and the former Catholic Church (49-55 Main Street) it forms an early civic and commercial grouping within Diamond Creek (Criteria A & E).

BUTLER STUDY, 2001
The Ryan Butcher Shop is of regional significance

- as an intact early shop and residence compared among others in the Shire

- for its long association with the Ryan family, a pioneer and well-known family of Diamond Creek and district

- for its reflection of the growth of Diamond Creek township in the late 19th century.

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