Local Government
Beverley
Region
Avon Arc
Cnr Hunt Rd & Elizabeth St Beverley
Beverley
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1868
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Jun 1996 | ||
The place demonstrates the charcteristics of structures erected for the accommodation/office use by public servants in this state during the same period.
The first building consisted of one sitting room, 2 bedrooms, a lock stable for 3 horses and a forage shed. In 1878 additions were made to the living quarters by adding an extra 4 rooms. Indicators of the Federation Georgian style of the place include the simple chimneys, exposed brick work, verandah under separate roof and simple roof pitch. The width of the dwellings indicate living accommodation of a slightly greater standard to that of other worker's row housng from the same period.
The wife of policeman Thomas Edwards became the first Post Mistress using one of these rooms as her office. Their daughter Susannah used the first electric telephone here. After the new POst Office and Police Station were built the rooms were used as private flats. Later they were used as a depot for the Narrogin Butter factory.
Site Only
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| Beverley Historical Society Inc. |
Historic Site
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| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Police Station or Quarters |
| Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Police Station or Quarters |
| Other Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Law & order |
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