J.H. Hooper house
10 Geelong Road, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2037000800
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Statement of Significance
City of Maribyrnong Heritage Review Statement of Significance:
The J.H. Hooper house is significant to the City of Maribyrnong because:
- historically, it was the home of prominent persons in the history of Australia and the City, particularly Hoadley who was known nationally and Hooper whose business once reached most parts of Victoria and whose name is foremost among Footscray's 19th and early 20th century commercial figures ( Criterion H1);
- of its contributory role within a notable group of houses built by prominent persons, both within Footscray and the State, during a number of key eras in the City's history (Criterion A3); and
- its owner's association with the development of commerce and industry in the City when the Footscray municipality led the State in industrial development.
Footscray Conservation Study SOS
Architecturally, a typical large conservatively designed suburban villa type with altered details. Historically, the home of prominent persons, particularly Hoadley, who was known nationally and Hooper whose business once reached most parts of Victoria and whose name is foremost among Footscray's 19th and early 20th century commercial figures.
Australian Heritage Commission (AHC) criteria
The Australian Heritage Commission criteria consist of a set of eight criteria which cover social, aesthetic, scientific, and historic values. Each criterion has sub-criteria written specifically for cultural or natural values. The relevant criteria are:
A.3 richness and diversity of cultural features
H.1 association with important person or group
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J.H. Hooper house - Physical Description 1
This is a large double-fronted brick Italianate suburban villa with a return convex-roof verandah and asymmetrical bayed plan. The roof is clad with patterned slate and the verandah construction is now simple timber posts and beams but is likely to have once been cast-iron.
Other details include the deep and closely spaced eaves brackets, verandah dentil course, arched window architraves to the projecting bay, a niche, encaustic verandah tiles and bracketed chimney cornices.
J.H. Hooper house - Physical Conditions
good (partially disturbed, well preserved)
J.H. Hooper house - Integrity
Substantially intact/some intrusions. The verandah has been rebuilt, the bricks painted, the fence replaced and openings altered. The large concrete paved areas in front and to the side of the house are intrusive. An unrelated structure has been erected south of the house.
J.H. Hooper house - Physical Description 2
Context
One of a series of large houses symbolizing the residential elite of Footscray in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, prior to the mounting blight to the amenity of Geelong Road caused by motor traffic.
J.H. Hooper house - Historical Australian Themes
Thematic context
Australian Principal Theme Building settlements, towns and cities
PAHT Subtheme Making suburbs
Local Theme(s) Employers' HousingJ.H. Hooper house - Physical Description 3
Map (Melway) 42 C3
Boundary description The title land and buildings with emphasis on fabric from or near the construction
date and Hooper occupation.
Heritage Significance City
Creation date(s) 1901
Local Government Area City of Maribyrnong
Ownership Type UnknownHeritage Study and Grading
Maribyrnong - Maribyrnong Heritage Review
Author: Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines
Year: 2000
Grading:
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