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Old Shire of Ferntree Gully Hall

Location

Cnr Selman Avenue and Burwood Highway,, FERNTREE GULLY VIC 3156 - Property No B6471

File Number

B6471

Level

Local

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B6471 Old Shire Hall

Statement of Significance

The old Shire of Ferntree Gully Hall, a community centre since 1893, designed by Architect Henry Lording of North Melbourne, is of local social and historical singificance as a Victorian municipal government building associated with the area's development as a popular holiday district. Despite 1924 alterations, and the replacement in 1938 of the original Victorian entrance with a Modern-style brick vestibule by a local contractor, Joe Saville, some of the 1890s character of the building remains. The hall has local importance for its use for a variety of community purposes: as a Shire Hall from 1894 until the 1960s, as the City of Knox Library from 1967 to 1976 and, since 1981, as the Jesus Centre of the Charismatic Church of Christ.
Classified: 05/02/1996

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