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Austin Hall & Austin Terraces

Location 215-221 Yarra Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B3496 File Number B3496 Level State

[1/1] B3496 Austin Hall

Statement of Significance

Austin Hall & Austin Terraces: Two pairs of single-storey cottages flanking a two-storey building with central clock tower, all in polychrome brickwork with slate roofs and elaborate cast-iron verandah trim, erected 1888 for administration by the Ladies' Benevolent Association.
Classified 24/04/1975
See also B3624 Elizabeth Austin Cottages.

Group Classification includes Austin Hall, Yarra Street; Austin Terraces, 215-217 Yarra Street and 219-221 Yarra Street; Elizabeth Austin Cottages, 8-12a Munday Street and 13-23 Carr Street.
Residential building symmetrically grouped about a central clock tower, all erected 1887-89 by Mrs Thomas Austin of Barwon Park for administration by the Ladies' Benevolent Association and still maintained by the Association's successors. Group Classification 15/05/1975