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RAILWAY DEPARTMENTAL RESIDENCE (FORMER)

Other Name

Former Railway cottage

Location

1 OGILVY STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Demolished/Removed

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Dwelling AT 1 Ogilvy Street

Statement of Significance

The former Victorian Railways DR at 1 Ogilvy Street has been demolished. The following SoS was prepared for the 2004 Heritage Study:

What is significant?
The former railway cottages, constructed c.1925 at 1-3 Ogilvy Street, Leongatha, which form part of the notably significant Leongatha Railway Station complex to the north.

Why is it significant?
The former railway cottages, constructed c.1925 at 1-3 Ogilvy Street, Leongatha are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Leongatha.

Historically, they exemplify the practice by the Victorian Railways of housing employees in the proximity of the railway station at which they were employed, and in this context are an integral part of the notably significant Leongatha Railway Station complex. They are important in demonstrating the continuing development of the Railway up to the Second World War. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Aesthetically, their form and detail represent the simple, but well resolved design by the department of the time. They make an important contribution to the historic character of the Ogilvy and Long Street areas, as well as the Leongatha Railway Station complex. (AHC criterion - E.1)

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