St John's Lutheran Church
165 Yarra Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 219321
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is constructed of slop moulded brick erected in 1841/42 by contractors Sommerville and Marr. It is of paramount historical importance, being the first Presbyterian Church in Geelong, the oldest surviving brick or stone structure in the region, and the earliest documented work of Alexander Skene, the first architect/surveyor to practice in the town. Skene later became the Surveyor-General in Victoria, 1869-86, as well as being a noted colonial architect both in Melbourne and in Geelong. The two storey stucco rendered classical style building fronting the original church was erected in c1912.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Historic Buildings Council Register
Geelong Regional Commission Register
REFERENCES
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No. 1063
Geelong Advertiser - 23 November 1840, 20 February 1841, 13 March 1841, 20 March 1841, 27 March 1841, 10 April 1841, 11 July, 1841, 25 October, 1841, 21 March 1842, 20 June 1842, 4 July 1842, 11 July, 1842, 12 May, 1864, 28 June 1864, 25 September 1878.
Croll RH & Wettenhall RR - "The Church", Chapter 7, Dr Alexander Thomson, Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne 1937, pp. 49-58.
Stuart Ross Rev C - Colonization and Church Work in Victoria, Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne, 1891. pp 90-91.
Huddle Lorraine - "Architects in Geelong in the 1840's and 1850's. Humanities Research Report, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1979. p 4-7.
Powell JM - "Skene, Alexander John (1820-1894)" - Australian Dictionary of Biography", 6 Volumes, Nairn Bede (ed), Melbourne University Press, 1976, Volume 6, pp 131-132
Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 261.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading:
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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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