Newport Commercial Bank (Former)
1 Hall Street NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
Newport Civic and Commercial Precinct
Statement of Significance
The Newport Commercial Bank of Australasia (former - later Newport Post Office), designed by Peter Matthews and constructed by C Hoskings in 1887, at 1 Hall Street, Newport.
How is it Significant?The Newport Commercial Bank of Australasia (former) is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it is significant as the first major bank to be established in Newport and illustrates the optimism for the development of Newport in the late nineteenth century that was a result of the widespread speculative development. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)
Socially, it is significant for the important role it has played, first as a bank and later a post office, in the development of the Newport community. (AHC criterion G1)
Aesthetically, it is significant as a superior nineteenth century bank design in the commercial Renaissance Revival manner on a prominent corner site. It makes an important contribution to the historic character of the Newport Civic & Commercial precinct. (AHC criterion E1)
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FORMER NEWPORT RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
Victorian Heritage Register H1000 -
GREENWICH PIER
Victorian Heritage Inventory -
OLD YARRA RIVER COURSE STONE EMBANKMENTS
Victorian Heritage Inventory
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