Synagogue including interior
74 McKillop Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 215853
City South Residential Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A listed - State significance
The Geelong Synagogue was erected in 1861 to replace an earlier wooden building established in 1854. Young and Honey, architects, designed the new Synagogue in a distinctive classical revival style popularized by John Young in Geelong in the 1850's. the stucco rendered brick structure has important historical associations with the Jewish Community in Geelong, is a notable example oaf the work of architects Young and Honey and one of the most elaborate of the early Synagogues in Victoria.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register,
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.
Historic Buildings Council Register.
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register.
REFERENCES
Geelong Advertiser
16th March, 1854 - Tender notice
17th June, 1861 - Young and Honey to be the architects.
15th June, 1861 - Meeting to erect new synagogue.
21st June, 1861 - Tender notice
2nd December, 1861 - 'Consecrated yesterday'
(Willingham Index)
The records of the Geelong Synagogue were not inspected.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volume 4(a)
Author: Helen Lardner
Year: 1995
Grading: A
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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FORMER SCOTTISH CHIEFS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0662
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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