Old Mittagong Post Office

Old Mittagong Post Office
Old Mittagong Post Office
General information
Location	5 Station Street, Mittagong, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°27′06″S 150°26′52″E / 34.4517°S 150.4479°E
Completed	1890
Technical details
Floor count	2
Design and construction
Main contractor	Gatty and Flook
	Location within New South Wales#Location within Australia Old Mittagong Post Office (Australia)
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	Post Office (former); Post Office
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	00631
Type	historic site

Old Mittagong Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office at 5 Station Street, Mittagong, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[2]^[3]

History

The old Mittagong Post Office was built in 1890-91. The land was purchased from the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1887, and it was built by Gatty and Flook, who tendered £1393 for construction. The verandah was removed c. 1948, and the balcony was infilled with windows featuring glass louvres some time after 1949. Low cast iron lace work balustrade was also removed. The building was originally all facebrick, which has been painted and paint removed over time. In 1917 a photo shows the eastern wall painted but the front unpainted.^[3]^[4]^[1]^[5]

In 1962, planning commenced to replace the old post office with a new building on Hume Highway, for which tenders closed about July 1963. The new post office opened on 4 August 1964, after which the Station Street office closed.^[3]

In October 2015, the Wingecarribee council approved a renovation proposal which would turn most of the ground floor into a cafe and the remainder, along with the first floor into accommodation and office space. Two detached two-storey additions on the site were approved at the same time.^[6] The ground floor was vacant in February 2018.^[7]

Heritage listing

Old Mittagong Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR MARCH". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 8 March 1890. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b "Post Office (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00631. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mittagong Post Office (Former)". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "Settlers linked by letters". Southern Highland News. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "Mittagong History: Court and Post Office". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "Restoration for old post office". Southern Highland News. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
^ "5 Station St Mittagong". Google Street View. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Post Office (former), entry number 00631 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.
This Wikipedia article was originally based on Mittagong Post Office (Former), entry number 2681492 in the New South Wales Heritage Database published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 12 September 2018.