Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall
Rear of church in Martin St HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire
Botanic Gardens Precinct Hamilton
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Statement of Significance
SIGNIFICANCE: »Part of the Lutheran complex, the building has been moved to the rear of the site.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall
Martin Street (at rear of Evangelical Lutheran Church)
This building has local significance as part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church complex and as the second oldest building on that site. ([i]) It dates from 1939 when a town Lutheran congregation was formed. ([ii]) German Lutheran settlers, who played an important role in the early history of Hamilton, originally travelled overland from South Australia and built farms outside the town between Hamilton and Mount Rouse. ([iii]) Early Lutheran churches were built near Byaduk (1857) and at German Town (1858-59). ([iv]) There was a drifting of Lutherans toward the Hamilton township in the aerly twentieth century. At first they met in the Temperance Hall in Gray Street but in 1939 a hall was built on the corner of Martin and Thompson Streets, which was able to be used as a church until a proper one was erected. ([v]) It was moved to the rear of the church site in 1956. ([vi]) The building is substantially intact and in good condition.
[i] HSA DP No. 758, dated 1940. The oldest building in the complex is the Manse, 46 Martin Street, built as a private residence in 1880-81. It became a Lutheran manse in 1940.
[ii] Garden, Don, Hamilton, p 222; Hamilton Spectator, 9 November 1939.
[iii] Garden, Don, Hamilton, pp 46-47.
[iv] Ibid.
[v] Ibid., p 222.
[vi] HSA DP No. 758. The text on the plan reads `removed to new position 13 March 1956.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall - Physical Description 1
MATERIALS:
Roof: »corr'ed iron
Walls: »AC sheet & w'board
Dressings: »timber
Plinth: »slatted boards
Windows: »fixed timber
Paving: »concrete
Other: »Cyclone wire fenceEvangelical Lutheran Church Hall - Integrity
INTEGRITY:G
CONDITION:G
Evangelical Lutheran Church Hall - Historical Australian Themes
Evolution of the Town: 1930s
Religion: Lutheranism
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - City of Hamilton Conservation Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard with Carlotta Kellaway & Michael Looker (plus Francis Punch)
Year: 1991
Grading: C
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MECHANICS INSTITUTEVictorian Heritage Register H2171
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HAMILTON BOTANIC GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H2185
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HAMILTON GAS HOLDERVictorian Heritage Register H1086
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