Anderson Farm House

The former Anderson farmhouse is of local architectural, historical and social significance as one of the last farm houses in the St.Albans - Keilor area, as one of the few surviving farms which were created in the break up of the Taylor Estate under the Closer Settlement Scheme and as an example of a way of life (agricultural small holdings) now rare in the municipality. The house is also associated with one of the leading farming families in the district for many years, the Andersons, and represents a major change in land use from the sparsely settled and extensive pastoral estate of William Taylor to the mixed farms that were developed as a result of Government policy in the early years of the 20th century. In its simple timber Federation form, the main building reflects both the typical architectural style of the period, and the modest means of the farmers who took up blocks under the Closer Settlement Scheme.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House