Giblett Street Commercial Precinct

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

11429

Location

Giblett St Manjimup

Location Details

West Side: From Mount St to Brockman St, inc 83 & 85, Manjimup Motors - excludes Telecom Bldg East Side: All shops from Mount St corner & Coronation Park inc War Mem - excludes Public toilets at Coronation Park

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 08 Dec 2016

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Jul 1997 Category B

Child Places

  • 01499 Manjimup Post Office
  • 13048 Manjimup War Memorial
  • 01498 National Bank
  • 01497 Manjimup Hotel
  • 01500 Shops

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic, Historic, Representativeness and Social

Physical Description

Giblett Street Commercial Precinct contains a substantially intact group of commercial buildings and shops constructed in the Inter-War period. The precinct extends from Mount Street to Brockman Street and includes the following: Western Side · Two shops north of hotel; · 85 and 83 Giblett St; · Manjimup Hotel; · National Australia Bank; · Shops between National Bank and Telstra building, and; · Manjimup Motors. Eastern Side · All shops from Mount St corner between and including No 70- 88, and; · Coronation Park including the War Memorial.

History

Giblett Street was the first shopping street of Manjimup which developed after 1910. Most of the shops that were there in 2004 were built during the 1920s and the 1930s in a boom period that followed the Depression. Many of the shops from this period have shop fronts still intact and form an integrated group in the style of the Inter-War period. Refer to 16.1 for more historical notes

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Variuos Authenticity: Various

Condition

Variuos

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Heritage & Conservation Professionals; "Shire of Manjimup Municipal Heritage Inventory". Shire of Quairading 1995 Adopted 1997.

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Art Deco

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

23 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

29 Apr 2021

Disclaimer

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