Bank of New South Wales (fmr), Kellerberrin

Parent Place or Precinct

17504 Kellerberrin Post Office and Bank of New South Wales (fmr) Group

Values

• The place is a good example of Interwar Free Classical architectural style building.
• The place has historic and social significance as a commercial premise which operated as a bank in the town since the early 1920’s.
• The place is associated with the development of Kellerberrin.
• The place contributes to the streetscape and townscape of Kellerberrin as well as the Adjacent Post Office (RHP).
• The place is representative of banks built in regional areas in the 1920’s.

Physical Description

‘In 1910 a branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened in a temporary office in Kellerberrin. At the beginning of 1911 work commenced on new bank premises, ‘a building which is expected to be the hansomest in Kellerberrin from an architectural point of view’. Local sources indicate that the present bank building was built in 1927 on the same site.’

History

There are 24 Banks on the RHP: Metropolitan (9), Peel (0), Southwest (3), Great Southern (2), Wheatbelt (2), Goldfields (2), Midwest (4), Gascoyne (2), Pilbara (0) and Kimberley (0).
Of the 24 Banks on the RHP, 6 were built within the same period (5 years prior and 5 years post the date of construction for this place); Homeswest Building, Gascoyne, 1929; ANZ Bank (fmr), Metropolitan, 1928; Commonwealth Bank Building, Metropolitan, 1930; Atlas Building, Metropolitan, 1930; Office of the Department of Agriculture, Southwest, 1931 and Commonwealth Bank (fmr), Southwest, 1928.
Of the 24 Banks on the RHP, there are 4 Interwar Free architectural style; Office of Department of Agriculture, Southwest, 1931; Homeswest Building, Gascoyne, 1929; Atlas Building, Metropolitan,1930 and William Street Precinct, Metropolitan,1880.
The database also indicates that in the Shire of Kellerberrin there are 3 places on the RHP; Kellerberrin Post Office and Residence, 1912; Kellerberrin Fire Station, 1914 and Hillview House, 1910.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity- Low
Authenticity- High

Condition

Good

Uses

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