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Captain Baird's Surgery - Port Fairy - Historic Area

Other Names Apothecary's Hall ,  Tucker & White Undertakers Location 51 Cox Street, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B1487 File Number B1487 Level Local

[1/2] B1487 Captain Baird's Surgery [2/2] Captain Bair'd Surgery

Statement of Significance

This building was originally built about 1860 for Mark Tucker and Robert White, undertakers and cabinet makers. The wide opening in the front was originally used for housing the hearse. With economic downturn, the building was leased to Dr. William Loftus for use as consulting rooms. The stone building became the home and surgery of Captain John Baird, the garrison doctor in 1876 and was also used as a dispensary. After Dr Baird's death in 1891, Mark Tucker's wife, Thirza, assumed ownership and undertook renovations which replaced the carriage doors with 3 large, round-headed windows. It was used thereafter as a residence, general store and produce shop. The single storey structure features a gabled roof and dormer windows and the large opening in the main facade is an unusual and distinctive feature of this probably early building.
Classified: 15/08/1963
Part of Port Fairy Historic Area. Classified: 02/03/1981.