HOUSE

The house at 21 Bridge Street, Korumburra, built c. 1927, is significant. The asymmetrical Interwar timber bungalow has a hip and gable roof with unglazed terracotta tiles and a projecting gable towards Bridge St. The roof extends down along the Victoria Street elevation to form a verandah that is supported by square timber posts and partial wooden balustrades. The recessed side entrance originally held a high waisted door with Art Nouveau leadlight sidelights featuring a Kookaburra set within a circle of gum leaves. Other key features include: 

Non-original alterations and additions, other than those specified above, are not significant.

The house at 21 Bridge Street, Korumburra is of local historic, representative, and aesthetic significance to the South Gippsland Shire. The house is also associated with the Juratowitch family.

Historically, this house was part of the 'Bank home' scheme in the 1920's that was led by the State Savings Bank of Victoria. The program, headed by George Burridge Leith, was based on long term loans with low repayment, that were targeted at lower income workers and returned servicemen. The property owner than chose one of the standardised designs presented by the Bank, and the house was built by one of the select building contractors approved by the Bank. The aim of this program was to make home owning an affordable goal and became a symbol of achievement for a family. Up to 7,500 'Bank houses' were built in Victoria during the 1920s, most of them in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Approximately 300 of these houses were built in regional Victoria, with bank houses built in Korumburra, Leongatha, Sale, Trafalgar and Warragul in Gippsland. 21 Bridge Street, Korumburra is highly intact and still features most of the original design elements. (Criteria A and D) 
This house is the only example of a 'Type 18' design house, developed by the State Savings Bank of Victoria, within South Gippsland. Although modified slightly from the bank's design when built (the roof is extended to create a verandah on the North rather than a porch entry, there is no window hood on the projecting gable, the windows are single, rather than 4 pane upper sashed windows in the front, the windows are paired and the door is different), this is the most intact State Bank house in South Gippsland (Criterion B) 
Aesthetically, this house is highly intact and has retained most of its original features as a 'Bank house'. In particular, the leadlight glass near the entrance and the use of Kookaburras demonstrate the increased use of Australian themes in house decoration during the 1920s. This Interwar bungalow also has an aesthetically significant context, with an original picturesque garden and complementary fencing that contribute to the streetscape. (Criterion E) 
This house is associated with the Juratowitch and Gannon families, who were the proprietors joint and sole proprietors of the Great Southern Advocate between 1891 and 1959. The property was owned by Mary Gannon from September 1904 and passed down to her daughter Monica, who was a qualified nurse and midwife. Monica shared the property with her sister Frances and her family. Frances and Arthur Juratowitch worked at, the Advocate from 1905 and proceeded to become joint proprietors until January 1915, when Arthur took over as the sole proprietor until the close of the paper in 1959. The two families were heavily involved in the community including being part of sporting clubs, financially supporting community ventures and becoming key local identities. (Criterion H)