FIRST CUSTOMS HOUSE
1-55 GARDEN STREET EAST GEELONG, Greater Geelong City
Victorian Heritage Register
FIRST CUSTOMS HOUSE
1-55 GARDEN STREET EAST GEELONG, Greater Geelong City
Victorian Heritage Register
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FIRST CUSTOMS HOUSE SOHE 2008
Statement of Significance
A square gothic timber pavilion reputedly prefabricated in Sydney c 1838 and erected in Geelong. Cladding is quirk bead weatherboards. The original thatch roof was replaced with shingles in 1854. When a permanent stone customs housewas built in 1845 the building was used briefly as a telegraph office.Unaltered and well preserved, claimed to be the oldest building extant inVictoria, it now serves as a customs museum.Source:
Register of the National Estate Citation:
Important as one of Victoria's oldest remaining buildings, believed to have been pre-fabricated in Sydney, and despite minor defacements retaining acertain charm by virtue of its pavilion design with concave roof profile andone remaining ogee-topped window.
Source:
National Trust
