Beech Street Precinct
BEECH STREET GOLDEN SQUARE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
Former Golden Square Precinct
Golden Square's historic identity springs from the first gold finds in the district at Golden Point and the subsequent development of a rich mining industry, along with some of the area's most important foundries.
Although parts of the old hamlet have altered beyond recognition, it still possesses a core of civic buildings which allow recognition of its former self- contained status. The housing stock is both expressive of the boom-era in mining and, in some cases, the aspirations of mine owners and their chosen architects. It is close or adjoins to significant mine sites such as the New Chum Railway and Eureka Extended Mines and possesses elm plantings from the Victorian era in Panton and Maple Streets.
Golden Square was one of the best known of the mining areas of nineteenth century Bendigo. While few remnants of the early alluvial phase of mining survive the present road patterns, street patterns and several buildings still include elements which suggest different phases in the history of Bendigo both before and after alluvial mining.
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Beech Street Precinct - Physical Description 1
Former Golden Square Precinct Key Sites
David Lanyon's Reawla, later Ellinbank, 6 Beech Street 1898
James Blair's House, 359 High Street, 1905C
Golden Square Methodist Church and Complex, 6 Laurel Street church 1870, 1873
St. Mark's Anglican Church, 29 Panton Street 1881
Robert Saunders' Commersdale, 56 Panton Street 1898
Beech Street Precinct - Physical Description 2
Former Golden Square Precinct Contributory Sheets
Beech, Edwardian, timber
High, Edwardian, timber
Laurel, Victorian, Edwardian, timber, brick
Panton, Victorian, timber, brick
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading:
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UNITING CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H1371
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NEW NAPOLEAN MINE AND WORKSHOPVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NELL GWYNNE REEFS MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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