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WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER)
Mitchell Avenue WARRANDYTE, Manningham City
Warrandyte Township Heritage Area Prec

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22648 Warrandyte Fire Station (former) - Mitchell Avenue, Warrandyte
22648 Warrandyte Fire Station (former) - Mitchell Avenue, Warrandyte
22648 Warrandyte Fire Station (former) - Mitchell Avenue, Warrandyte
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Statement of Significance

Of local significance for its use of local stone in a utilitarian design by Fritz Janeba, demonstrating the craft skills of local stone mason George Stringer, and providing evidence of the collective endeavour of the local community in the immediate post-World War II period to create a building essential to the safety of bushfire pront Warrandyte.

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    • Historical Australian Themes

      WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER) - Historical Australian Themes

      Local Themes

      6.01 - Public buildings

      Physical Description 1

      WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER) - Physical Description 1

      The former Warrandyte Fire Station is a simple gable roofed building constructed in two sections, a stone fire truck garage, built in random rubble using the local sandstone, with a rear two-storey timber section. The original wooden doors were replaced by the present metal doors in the 1970s. A tall steel tower, located towards the rear of the site, started life in the 1920s as a windmill pumping water and was then donated to the fire brigade who used it as a fire lookout tower on Fourth Hill from 1946-61 [1].

      SOURCES

      [1] Bruce Bence, The Mechanics Institute Warrandyte 1882/1990, p.18

      Physical Conditions

      WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER) - Physical Conditions

      Condition Fair

      Integrity

      WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER) - Integrity

      Integrity Minor modifications

      Physical Description 2

      WARRANDYTE FIRE STATION (FORMER) - Physical Description 2

      Key elements

      Building

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 2006
      Grading: Local

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    Tutorial staff Architectural School Uni Melbourne - 1956

    17/02/16

    Photo available at :- http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/PhotoSearchItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=8109922&SE=1 Date : 1956 Primary subject : Not Assigned Secondary subject : Not Assigned Image no. : A12111, 1/1956/29/6 Barcode : 8109922 Location : Canberra Find other items in this series : A12111 Series accession number : 2004/00287481

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Tutorial staff Architectural School Uni Melbourne - 1956

17/02/16

Photo available at :- http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/PhotoSearchItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=8109922&SE=1 Date : 1956 Primary subject : Not Assigned Secondary subject : Not Assigned Image no. : A12111, 1/1956/29/6 Barcode : 8109922 Location : Canberra Find other items in this series : A12111 Series accession number : 2004/00287481

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