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MARYBOROUGH POST OFFICE

Location 69 CLARENDON STREET MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE File Number 608399 Level Registered

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Maryborough Post Office was built in 1876-77 as a combined court house and post office. The building was designed by architect JH Marsden of the Victorian Public Works Department and built by Peter Cunningham for a contract price of £8266 4s 3d. The post office is in the Italianate palazzo style and features two three arch colonnades and a clock tower. The clock was manufactured by Joseph Bros of Melbourne and the bell by IW Horwood of Castlemaine. In 1892 the post office took over whole building when a new court house was built next door. The Maryborough Post Office has a high degree of integrity and forms the central element in a precinct of public buildings which includes the court house, town hall and war memorial.

How is it significant?
The Maryborough Post Office is historically and architecturally important to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The Maryborough Post Office is historically important is as the key element in one of the finest precincts of public buildings in Victoria. Its size and quality are reflective of the importance of Maryborough as one of Victoria's premier cities built on the wealth of gold mining. The clock tower and war memorial are important for their landmark qualities.

The Maryborough Post Office is architecturally significant as an impressive Italianate palazzo style design by the important Public Works Department architect JH Marsden. It is unusual for the incorporation of a former courthouse which has subsequently become the main postal chamber.