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Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion

Location

73 Morris Street WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Williamstown Tennis Club pavilion, designed by Morsby & Coates and constructed in 1928, situated within the foreshore reserve at 73 Morris Street, Williamstown.

How is it Significant?

The Williamstown Tennis Club pavilion is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically and socially, it demonstrates the increasing popularity of tennis in Williamstown during the Interwar years. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a locally superior and intact (both internally and externally) example of an Interwar sporting pavilion, which is notable for its unique design in an eclectic style. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)

Group

Recreation and Entertainment

Category

Court Tennis