Central York Heritage Area

Child Places

• 03980 Monger's Trading Post (fmr)
• 02891 War Memorial, York
• 26491 Site: York Hotel
• 26481 Residence
• 02889 Suspension Bridge
• 26488 Site: West Australian Bank, Wheeler's Row & Dusty Miller Inn
• 26514 Residence
• 06903 Faversham Barns
• 02881 Masonic Hall
• 02846 House and Outbuildings
• 26485 4 Shops
• 10725 Imperial Hotel
• 02890 York Uniting Church, Hall & Manse
• 26484 Shop
• 26520 Infant Health Clinic (fmr)
• 02843 Motor Museum Workshop
• 02896 House
• 02897 House
• 26531 Residence
• 02862 York Town Centre Precinct
• 23467 Monger's Yard
• 02842 Kookaburra's Backpackers
• 26549 Residence
• 23466 Sandalwood Yards
• 02877 York Primary School
• 02880 York Town Hall
• 02876 Faversham House
• 02841 ANZ Bank and Quarters
• 02878 St Patrick's Catholic Church, Presbytery & Hall
• 26546 Warehouse
• 26575 Shire of York Administrative Office
• 26490 Billiard Room (fmr)
• 02860 Old York Fire Station
• 26483 Residence (Spooky Hall)
• 02898 St. Patrick's Convent School (fmr)
• 26487 Site: Royal Hotel
• 02879 Convent of Mercy and School (fmr)
• 26554 Stratford House Maternity Hospital (fmr)
• 26486 Saints (fmr)
• 02845 Commercial Building
• 06907 Monger's Town Precinct incl Swing Bridge over Blands Pool
• 26568 Residence
• 02844 C.W.A. House
• 26482 Residence
• 26527 Residence
• 02899 York Railway Station (fmr)
• 02849 Bank of New South Wales (NSW) (fmr)
• 02872 York Flour Mill
• 26489 Residence
• 10708 Sargent's Pharmacy (fmr)

Statement of Significance

• Central York Heritage Area represents the broad social and economic changes from the mid-nineteenth century in the remaining intact physical and cultural environment contributing to an understanding of the development of York.
• The landmark buildings within the Central York Heritage Area demonstrate the optimism and of York with the exceptional York Town Hall, Imperia and Castle Hotels; the government infrastructure of the railway station and original primary school; the landmark York Mill, Mongers Trading Post, the convent, Catholic school, Catholic Church group; and, the Avon Terrace Centre ((Refer to York Town Centre HPA) make an outstanding contribution to the historic aesthetic of York.
• The cumulative effect of the scale, massing, texture, materials, colour, and detail of individual buildings including residential, inform of the distinctive periods and architectural styles from early town establishment in the 1860’s and 1870’s, the boom period of the 1890’s Federation style, the twentieth century developments of the early 1900’s and the prosperous surge in the late 1930’s and later decades.

Physical Description

The Central York area developed north of Blandstown and west of the Avon River, with JH Monger being the prominent identity of what was referred to as Mongerstown. The Central York Heritage Area mainly comprises single storey residential and commercial buildings though the Avon terrace spine and on the north and west edges.

The dominant town centre of Avon Terrace within the Central York Heritage Area comprises a number of substantial two storey commercial buildings that form a continuum of late 19th and early 20th buildings along both sides of Avon Terrace between Macartney and South Streets.

History

The townsite of York was gazetted in November 1830, and the first settlers moved into the area the following year. The first town allotments were sold in 1835. York was one of the earliest rural settlements and the first inland town of the colony and developed as the service and administrative centre for the Avon Valley. A convict depot was established for the town in 1851. It helped the local economy and provide labour for public works. In 1871, York was declared a municipality; the fourth largest town in the state, behind Perth, Fremantle and Albany.

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