Supermarket - former Hoppers Grocery Store
132 (1) Aberdeen Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 272407
Great Western Road
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Statement of Significance
LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE - INCLUDED IN HERITAGE PRECINCT
Apart from the ground floor of the front facade the buildings and accompanying sheds have an excellent degree of integrity. It was built for the well known Geelong grocer, Lloyd Hooper and is one on the earliest of his stores. It is of local significance.
POLICY RECOMMENDATION: GRPS - A more sympathetic ground floor front facade and careful removal of the paint from the brickwork would greatly enhance the character of this building.
REFERENCES: Thomson Ward Ratebooks, 1872, 1874, 1875
Sands and McDougall Directory, 1916
WH Morrow "Geelong Street Names" , in Investigator Vol 20, No 4, 1985, p146.
G Seaton - The Ashby Story - A History of Geelong West, Geelong West City Council, 1978
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Supermarket - former Hoppers Grocery Store - Physical Description 1
In 1872, on the north-west corner of Aberdeen and St James Street there stood a three roomed brick building. Mrs James was the ratepayer. And in the following year Lloyd Hooper is lasted as the ratepayer of a two storey brick shop and four bedroom cottage.
However Glady's Seated noted that; in January 1887 Hooper announced that he has sold the business he had constructed for twenty years to Arthur Morris who described himself as a family grocer and wine spirit merchant. Morris was still there in 1890-01 but not in 1905-6 when Lloyd Hooper was back in his old store. In the 1920's this was Mary Hooper's. After Mary Hoopers marriage to William McRorie the business was listed in his name. The 1916 Directory lists Lloyd Hooper and William McRorie and grocer as occupants. It is not known when the gabled storage sheds were built. It is currently used as a bottle shop.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Geelong West Urban Conservation Study
Author: Huddle, Aitken and Honman
Year: 1986
Grading:Greater Geelong - Ashby Heritage Review
Author: D Rowe and W Jacobs
Year: 2010
Grading:
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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