Hocking & Co, Stationers (fmr)

Author

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Place Number

03575

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Location

39 Burt St Boulder

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Argus Newspapers
Printers of the Kalgoorlie Miner & Western

Local Government

Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1905

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - To be assessed	Current	13 Feb 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	09 Jul 2001	Category 2	Category 2 The place is considered to have a high level of significance to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and valued by the local community. Maximum encouragement to conserve the significance of the place should be provided to the owner under the town planning scheme.
Register of the National Estate	Interim	20 Oct 1980			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	19 Jul 1977			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Registered	21 Oct 1980			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place makes a valued contribution to the visual character of this important streetscape in its verandah cover over the pavement and its decorative parapet. The building contributes to the masonry 'wall' of Burt Street. The site is representative of retailing at the turn-of-the-century and is significant for its form and continuity of use.

Physical Description

: A small, single-storey building built to the building line of Burt Street.

The feature of the exterior of the building is the rendered street elevation enhanced by a decorative rendered parapet.

Typical features that characterise the building's period are the central recessed entrance framed by large display windows with timber panelled stall boards below and highlight windows, and a verandah roof across the facade that extends over the pavement. The parapet treatment of red, face-brick and rendered relief work creates visual interest.

History

The Insurance Plans for Boulder c. 1900 illustrate that Lot 66 had two buildings, Hocking Stationer and Kelly Tobacconist, both constructed of brick. A verandah extended across the two building's facades and over the pavement. There was one iron outbuilding attached to the rear of the Tobacconist.

General Comments: During the 1890s and particularly in the early 1900s, Boulder's population swelled by a steady influx of men seeking employment in the goldfields and somewhere to settle. This increase in population had a great influence on the town's growth. It necessitated the survey of more town and suburban lots, increased subsidies for road construction and numerous buildings were constructed.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: High

Condition

Fair

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	COMMERCIAL	Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Shop\Retail Store {single}

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OCCUPATIONS	Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

13 Mar 1995

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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