PAKENHAM SCOUT HALL
34 JAMES STREET, PAKENHAM, CARDINIA SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Pakenham Scout Hall, built in 1937, is of significance to the Cardinia Shire as an important community building in a major shire service centre. It has architectural and aesthetic value for its use of the popular rustic American log-cabin, mountain lodge style which related to the bushland links of the scouting movement as well as being an evocation of the district's thriving timber industry. It has been a local landmark in James Street for more than 50 years.
Regional Significance
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PAKENHAM SCOUT HALL - Physical Description 1
This rustic gabled stained drop-log & paling scout hall has leadlight windows and clinker brick and rubble `crazy-paved' stone piers at the gabled porch, all promoting the use of natural materials and the American hunting lodge log-cabin image. The roof is corrugated-iron (formerly shingles) and the windows multi-paned and painted to contrast with the deep stain of the walls. The same rustic approach was used in the Woodend scout hall and at the Gilwell scout camp north of Gembrook, as well as holiday camps in rural location such as at Buchan and Lakes Entrance (Whiter's). The sign `Pakenham Scout Hall' is attached to the porch gable-end. The log and stone-pier fence at the front is recent but related in character.
PAKENHAM SCOUT HALL - Physical Conditions
The scout hall appears to have been extended at one end, making the porch off-centre, but otherwise the original concept has been maintained but with the shingled roof covered with corrugated iron.
PAKENHAM SCOUT HALL - Historical Australian Themes
Historical Theme
9.7 Other community meeting places - Mechanics Institutes, RSL Halls, Scout and Guide Halls, Masonic Halls, Showgrounds
PAKENHAM SCOUT HALL - Physical Description 2
Associations - Pakenham Scout Troop; Keys, HL
Heritage Study and Grading
Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1996
Grading: Local
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