Local Government
Victoria Park
Region
Metropolitan
120 Shepparton Rd Victoria Park
Victoria Park
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1920
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| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 15 Jun 2021 | Management Category 2 | |
St Joachim's Hall has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • Located in a prominent corner location on a major highway (Shepperton Road), the building has considerable streetscape value; • Built in 1920 as a Church Hall, it was used for a period as the Church before a new Church was built in 1956 replacing an older timber church (built 1898); • The building has considerable social value as a community facility used by the local Catholic congregation for nearly eighty years; and • The place has social value as an important centre for the local Catholic community for nearly 100 years. The place also forms part of a larger precinct comprising the Church, Hall, Presbytery, School and former Convent, now part of Ursula Frayne College.
St Joachim Hall is located at the intersection of Harper Street and Shepperton Road. The building has a simple rectangular form and is constructed of face brick and rendered walls and a corrugated steel hip and gable roof in the Inter War Inter-War Stripped Classical architectural style. The building addresses Shepperton Road with a symmetrical façade with a large central masonry gable flanked by full height pilasters. There is a window either side of the gable and a skillion roofed entry vestibule projects from the lower half of the gable. Above the gable is a rendered pediment and semi-circular apex with a cross on the top. The walls to either side of the building are buttressed with vertically proportioned windows between the buttresses. The original timber windows have been replaced by aluminium. A rendered horizontal band runs around the building at window sill height and the lintels above the windows are likewise rendered.
St Joachim’s Hall was first built in 1920 for Catholic community meetings such as youth groups. Rev. FR O Hayes was the parish priest when the St Joachim Hall was first opened. The Hall soon operated as a church when the original St Joachim’s Church was damaged by weather. The Hall returned to its original function in 1956 when a new Church was built. Parish activities within the Hall include the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Legion of Mary. The place has also been used by the neighbouring Ursula Frayne College.
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| AU. 1981. Short History of St Joachim's Church Produced for the 25th Anniversary of St Joachim's Church. | Booklet | 1981 |
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Church Hall |
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church Hall |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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