Dwelling
2 Stephen Street NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
Newtown West
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![Property at 2 Stephen St (looking from east side), October 1927. La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, H91.160/911 Property at 2 Stephen St (looking from east side), October 1927. La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, H91.160/911](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/206/196.jpg)
![GWST Fieldbook no. 267, n.d. (c.1925-26), p.41, Barwon Water. GWST Fieldbook no. 267, n.d. (c.1925-26), p.41, Barwon Water.](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/206/197.jpg)
Statement of Significance
Contributory Significance - Newtown West Heritage Area
History/Notes
A building permit was issued for the construction of this dwelling by J.R. Crisp, builder, on 19 June 1925. The first owner was Ceburn Cameron Westman, a Canadian who arrived on the "Niagara" in 1925, was appointed machine foreman of the Ford Motor Company at North Geelong. Westman had been employed by the Ford Company in Canada, as the factory at North Geelong was established in 1925 by Ford Canada and particularly the Canadian executive, H.C. French, inaugural general manager of the North Geelong plant. By 1934, Westman was in charge of the production activities in the Commonwealth for the Ford Motor Company, and he made regular visits to the Western Australia to source timbers for the manufacture of motor car bodies and to inspect the Company's works at North Fremantle. From mid 1920s until 1938 Westman was also a member of the Geelong Cricket and Football Club committee. In 1943, he was appointed a Director of the Ford Motor Company of Australia in addition to his role as Production Superintendent. Westman retired from the Company in late 1954 and he died in Newtown in 1961.
The gabled timber interwar Bungalow has an original main gabled roof form, projecting central gabled attic balcony with bellcast shingled balustrade (the glazing has been introduced), projecting front flat-roofed verandah (supported by piers and square timber posts), and the skillion attic dormer on the west side. The alterations to the dwelling in 1991 and particularly in
2009 have not diminished the appearance of the front of the dwelling. The
garage and brick fence at the front were constructed in 2014.
References:
C.C. Westman, Probate Administration files, 1961, VPRS 28/P4 Unit 2611, PROV.
Newtown Rate Books, 1925, 1926, 1936, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building Permit, 1925, 1936, City of Greater Geelong. Building Buildings 2447/1991, 2266/2009, 512/2014, City of Greater Geelong.
I. Wynd, So Fine A Country: A History of the Shire of Corio, Shire, of Corio,
1981, pp.101-105.
The Daily News (W.A.), 4 August 1934, p.6.
The Argus, 2 July 1935, p.3, 9 December 1938, p.20, 78 January 1943, p.2, 1
February 1955, p.12.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 6 October 1949, p.3. Geelong Advertiser, 27 October 1925.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Newtown West Heritage Review 2016
Author: D. Rowe & W. Jacobs
Year: 2016
Grading:
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THE HEIGHTSVictorian Heritage Register H0429
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FORMER SHEARERS ARMS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0661
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SACRED HEART CONVENT AND COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0555
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