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Maples Warehouse

Location

111-113 Nicholson Street FOOTSCRAY, Maribyrnong City

File Number

8804

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

[1/1]
HO57 - Former Warehouse, 111

Statement of Significance

Maribyrnong Heritage Review Statement of Significance, 2001.

The Maples warehouse is of regional historical and architectural significance as one of the most dominant commercial buildings in what was at the time the commercial centre of the western suburbs.
Its architectural worth rests on its contribution to the streetscape in its bulk and period detail.
In its scale and the elaborate facade Maples Warehouse demonstrates the status of the company in Footscray. (Criterion D2)

Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria

The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:

D.2 good example of type

Footscray Conservation Study SOS

Architecturally, of only intermediate worth but dominant and contributory to the commercial precinct with its bulk and period detail. Historically, one of the early large tenancies forming part of a retail centre which held metropolitan status.

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