Local Government
Gnowangerup
Region
Great Southern
Eldridge St Ongerup
Eldridge's Boarding House
Gnowangerup
Great Southern
Constructed from 1918
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 13 Mar 1996 | ||
Historic - Maudie Eldridge had this building built as a boarding house. She ran the first store in Ongerup which consisted of general store, post office, telegraph office and tea rooms. Aesthetic - the building has formed part of the Ongerup streetscape since around 1919. Social - the banking facility for the people of the Ongerup district.
This is weatherboard single storey construction with a tin roof.
Miss Maudie Eldridge, who with her mother ran the first store in Ongerup, married a local farmer, Cecil Connell. The store was built in 1917 by an Albany builder Bob White. A boarding house was also built next door. This building had been used as a doctor's consulting room prior to the Agricultural Bank purchasing the building in 1954 (now Bankwest).
MODIFICATIONS Inside has been modified in keeping with the banking trade. EXTENT OF ORIGINAL FABRIC REMAINING 70%
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Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Other Use | HEALTH | Other |
| Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Bank |
| Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Institutional Housing |
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| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Wall | TIMBER | Weatherboard |
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| OCCUPATIONS | Commercial & service industries |
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