Milk Factory and Dwelling - Dairymen's Cooperative, 61 Main Street
61 Main Street MYRNIONG, MOORABOOL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The House (front main hipped roof section with gable wing and verandah only) and former Milk factory at 61 Main Street, Myrniong.
How is it significant?
The House and former Milk factory at 61 Main Street, Myrniong is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.
Why is it significant?
The House and former Milk factory at 61 Main Street, Myrniong is of historical significance for its association with industrial and agricultural developments in the Bacchus Marsh region and in particular in relation to the milk industry and dairying. The large timber framed milk factory building and adjoining timber Victorian residence were both built around 1877. It opened as a cheese factory from 1877 until 1892, and then operated as a milk factory, until 1942. The property is of historical significance for containing the only surviving dairy factory from the once strong dairying industry in the former Bacchus Marsh Shire.
The House and former Milk factory at 61 Main Street, Myrniong is of aesthetic significance as a rare relatively intact surviving 1870s milk and cheese factory with associated residence. The front gable roofed section of the residence demonstrates the original form and appearance of the building. The factory building demonstrates key features of a building of its type and age, including the large shed like form, steeply pitched gable roof clad in corrugated iron and clerestory ridge. The factory building with its remnant painted signage on the roof is significant as a local landmark.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
Year: 1995
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