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ELIZABETH HOUSE
Location3 BAIR STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE LevelRec for HO area contributory |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Aesthetically, it is a locally rare and superior example of an interwar commercial building in the Art Deco/Moderne style. It makes an important contribution to the historic character of the precinct surrounding the intersection of Bair and McCartin Streets in Leongatha. (AHC criteria - B.2 and E.1)
'Elizabeth House', designed by T.C. McCullough and constructed in 1939-40, at 3 Bair Street, Leongatha.
Why is it significant?
'Elizabeth House' is of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Historically, it is one of a group of buildings that demonstrate the important phase of development of the commercial centre of Leongatha in the interwar years. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)
Group
Commercial
Category
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