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GARFIELD PICTURE THEATRE
51 Nar Nar Goon Longwarry Road GARFIELD, Cardinia Shire

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Garfield Picture Theatre
Garfield Picture Theatre
Garfield Picture Theatre
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Statement of Significance

Garfield Picture Theatre, built between 1924 and 1925 for a Mr. Donohue, is significant to Cardinia Shire as an unusually substantial country cinema dating from the Australia-wide boom in cinema building in that decade. It is significant as one of the few picture theatre buildings remaining in the shire. The Garfield Theatre was of historical significance as the first supplier of electric power to the town. The building has significance as a major element in the Garfield commercial streetscape which dates predominantly from the 1920s era. It is significant, too, for its near original exterior with the old name on the facade, although now used as an antique shop.

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    • Physical Description 1

      GARFIELD PICTURE THEATRE - Physical Description 1

      This is a large well-preserved and gabled red brick theatre, with a spartan but close to original interior. The words `Garfield Picture Theatre' are in large raised cement letters on the front of the building. The external form is typically gabled with a piered and parapeted cement and brick (overpainted) foyer and office wing at the front; this is composed in a tripartite form, with a raised panel at the centre and capped piers at the sides. A deep cantilever street verandah extends from the front, with an ovolo moulded and panelled fascia. The front door and window openings appear to be as original and a red brick chimney is a practical touch to one of the rooms.

      Behind is the high gabled of the auditorium with its cemented capping and some cemented mouldings over a vent in the gable-end. The roof is clad with corrugated iron. Inside the roof is unlined with steel-trusses exposed. Some plaster detailing exists around the proscenium and other parts of the interior.

      Physical Conditions

      GARFIELD PICTURE THEATRE - Physical Conditions

      The building is externally near original except for the painted brickwork.

      Historical Australian Themes

      GARFIELD PICTURE THEATRE - Historical Australian Themes

      Themes

      8.4 Railway townships

      7.5 Picture theatres

      9.13 Picture theatres, galleries, museums

      Physical Description 2

      GARFIELD PICTURE THEATRE - Physical Description 2

      Associations - Donohue, Mr.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1996
      Grading: Local

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