Leopold Hall
805 Bellarine Hwy, LEOPOLD VIC 3224 - Property No 301480
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The Leopold Hall was designed in 1893 by architects Tombs and Durran after a fire destroyed the original c1883 Free library building. It is a large gable corrugated iron roof, timber frame, weatherboard structure with original windows and roof ventilators. Some changes were made in 1957 and the late 1980s. It has been used as a picture theatre and for dances, weddings and special community occasions.
The Leopold Hall has historic and social value to the Leopold community.
The Leopold Hall is relatively intact and has been in continuous use since 1893 as a library, meeting place and community venue for cultural, educational, religious, political, sporting, patriotic and private functions. It is of LOCAL cultural significance.
References
Wynd, I. 1988 Balla-wein a history of the Shire of Bellarine, p.104.
GHRC 316/3224
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Leopold Hall - Physical Description 1
Physical Description of Site County Cadastral IlG_r_a_n_t Location 1 Parish IMoolap I Allotment Block
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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ST MARKS ON THE HILLVictorian Heritage Register H0776
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St. Marks on the HillGreater Geelong City H0776
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Leopold CemeteryGreater Geelong City
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