BUFFALO STATIONMASTER'S RESIDENCE
12 MCPHEE STREET, BUFFALO, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The former Buffalo Stationmaster's residence, designed by the Victorian Railways and constructed c.1928, at 12 McPhee Street, Buffalo is significant. It is a single storey double fronted dwelling with a transverse gable roof extended to cover the front verandah. The central front doors are flanked by double hung windows with four panes per sash. The verandah posts are square and there are simple timber fret brackets. There is a plain brick chimney on one side.
Non-original alterations and additions to the residence are not significant.
How is it significant?
The former Buffalo Stationmaster's residence is of local historic, and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Why is it significant?
Historically, it is one of a number of similar residences that were erected at stations along the South Eastern Railway line, and is the only extant building associated with the former Buffalo station. It is important in demonstrating the importance of the railway to small rural towns and the continuing development of the railway in the interwar period. Once relatively common at railway stations throughout South Gippsland, this is now one of only two known surviving examples on their original site in the Shire. (Criteria A & B)
Aesthetically, it is the most intact example of this type of station residence in the Shire, and its form and detail represents the simple, but well resolved standard design used by the Victorian Railways at the time. (Criteria D & E)
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BUFFALO STATIONMASTER'S RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
The former Buffalo Station residence is a single storey double fronted dwelling with a transverse gable roof extended to cover the front verandah. The central front doors are flanked by double hung windows with four panes per sash. The verandah posts are square and there are simple timber fret brackets. There is a plain brick chimney on one side.
The Buffalo Station residence is essentially identical to those erected at Korumburra and Leongatha during the same period (see separate citations) and is the most superior example, in terms of its intactness.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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