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Town Hall

Location Main Road,, CHEWTON VIC 3451 - Property No B0307 File Number B0307 Level State

[1/1] B0307 Town Hall Main St

Statement of Significance

The Chewton town hall is the one of the few surviving structures evidencing the operation of the former Borough of Chewton, which existed between 1860 and 1916. It is one of the few buildings in the shire of Metcalfe to survive from the gold rush period of the 1850s. It is a substantially intact and rare example of a small town hall.
The Chewton town hall evidences a wide range of private and public uses reflecting the varying fortunes of an area of settlement that is of central importance in the history of the Colony of Victoria.
Adopted from VHR Citation: 19/03/2014
Classified: 'Local' 02/12/1965
Revised: 03/08/1998