Commercial Building ("Aquip")

Author

Shire of Narembeen

Place Number

05897

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Location

Churchill St Narembeen

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Narembeen Club
Nichols/Mrs Hilton's pastry cooks

Local Government

Narembeen

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1960

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	31 Jul 1996	Category 4	Category 4 Some heritage value, but not essential to an understanding of the district. Recommend that the place is not included on the Town Planning Scheme at this time. Re-assess the significance of the place when the Inventory is regularly reviewed. Assess in more detail when considering a development application. Record prior to redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

The place represents ways of life, community co-operation and
associations with pioneers and the agricultural development of the region.

History

In 1927 Dick Wakeman ran his dealership from a former building on this site. Wakeman was a member of the Narembeen Roads Board and the creator of Wakeman's Ski lake. In 1937 Nichols took over and remained for a number of years. In 1947 the newly formed Narembeen club purchased the property from Mr Harring, and refurbished the place for the club premises which they used until 1956 when the new premises was opened in Thomas St. Subsequently a new showrooms and office facility was constructed at the front of the site and the Chamberlain Deere dealership operated from there. In the late 1980s when Chamberlain withdrew their dealership within an Australian wide rationalisation program, a consortium of local residents in Narembeen formed a company to retain the services in the town of Narembeen. Aquip Machinery is that company.
Also on this lot was Mrs Hilton's pastry shop. Mrs Hilton had the distinction of being a bride at the first wedding ceremony in the district.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Other
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Technology & technological change

Creation Date

19 May 1997

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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