Maryborough Fire Station
Belltower, Maryborough Fire Station is located in Australia
Belltower, Maryborough Fire Station
Location of Maryborough Fire Station in Australia
LocationNeill Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Coordinates37°02′44″S 143°44′12″E / 37.045626°S 143.736697°E / -37.045626; 143.736697
Built1888

The Belltower of the Maryborough Fire Station in Maryborough, Victoria was built in 1888, and is important as one of a small group of fire station towers erected in Victoria. It is an example of a rare building type, essential to the nineteenth century city, made redundant by the advent of electric communications.[1]

The design of the brick part of the tower is eclectic, with a wide arched base, battered walls, diagonally placed windows, and an Italianate arcaded belfry. This is topped by a most unusual, very tall timber superstructure.[2]

The Belltower is attached to the fire station which was built in 1861, and now used as the Maryborough Art Gallery.[3]

The belltower is listed on the Register of the National Estate and was classified at the Regional level in 1975 by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

References

  1. ↑ "Bell Tower, Fire Station". Register of the National Estate. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Belltower, Maryborough Fire Station". Victorian Heritage Database. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "About the Gallery". Central Gold Fields Shire Council. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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