SEC OFFICE (FORMER)

Location

44 BAIR STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Rec for HO area contributory

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former SEC office, designed and constructed by J.L. Rowden in 1939, at 44 Bair Street, Leongatha.

Why is it significant?
The former SEC office at 44 Bair Street, Leongatha is of local historic and aesthetic interest to the town of Leongatha.

Historically, it is part of a group of buildings that demonstrate an important phase of commercial development in Bair Street during the interwar years.

Aesthetically, it is a good and substantially intact example of an interwar shop that retains its original parapet and awning and contributes to the streetscape of Bair Street.

Group

Retail and Wholesale

Category

Shop