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Strathalbyn Post Office
Strathalbyn Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 37 Commercial Road, Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
The Strathalbyn Post Office was constructed by the South Australian Public Works Department on behalf of the Commonwealth government in 1911–12, under the Superintendent of Public Buildings, Charles E. Owen-Smyth. The building was constructed adjacent to the original post office which had been built in 1859. The original building was used as the post master's residence until around 1968, when a new residence was completed elsewhere and the old building was demolished to provide access to a new telephone exchange at the rear of the allotment. The 1912 post office comprised a lobby, office, telephone exchange, retiring room and provided two public telephones.
The new post office and telephone exchange constructed in 1911 included a lobby, office, telephone exchange, retiring office and bathroom for staff. A free-standing shed in the rear yard appears to be contemporary with the post office and was used as the telephone line technicians' office and store. The post office did not contain a residence as the original post office on the northern portion of the site (1859) was used for this purpose after the new building was completed.
The original post office (then residence) on an adjoining site was demolished in 1965–66 to make way for access to new telephone exchange site. In 1968, a new telephone exchange was constructed at the rear of the site and the original exchange was removed from the post office building; the space was converted to a lunch room and kitchen. It possibly included subdivision of room in southeast corner to create store and toilet. In c. 1960s, the post office underwent a general interior refurbishment including joinery, installation of suspended acoustic ceiling and finishes.
At an unknown date before 1980, the dwarf wall in southern end of the front porch was demolished and a flagpole installed on front gable. At an unknown date before 1995, additional private boxes were installed in the south elevation within and beneath existing window bays and a small timber-framed awning to match the original awnings elsewhere constructed across the windows.
It underwent additions c. 1995 with the relocation of a transportable building from another property, providing post office boxes and delivery centre. The new building was linked to the original by an enclosed corridor. All post boxes were removed from the original building, and the openings in the east wall of the front porch were fitted with sash windows and the south windows were reconstructed with the area beneath filled with rendered panels.
It also underwent a substantial internal refurbishment of the front areas at this time, including removal of the former post master's office partition walls, demolition of original fireplace, reorientation of original counter, installation of standardised post shop retail fittings. The original front doors were replaced with automatic sliding doors and the porch altered to accommodate a disabled access ramp and quarry tiling.
Strathalbyn Post Office is at 37 Commercial Road, Strathalbyn. It is a style fusion of simplified Edwardian Baroque, Federation, and Arts and Crafts movement domestic.
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Strathalbyn Post Office
Strathalbyn Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 37 Commercial Road, Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
The Strathalbyn Post Office was constructed by the South Australian Public Works Department on behalf of the Commonwealth government in 1911–12, under the Superintendent of Public Buildings, Charles E. Owen-Smyth. The building was constructed adjacent to the original post office which had been built in 1859. The original building was used as the post master's residence until around 1968, when a new residence was completed elsewhere and the old building was demolished to provide access to a new telephone exchange at the rear of the allotment. The 1912 post office comprised a lobby, office, telephone exchange, retiring room and provided two public telephones.
The new post office and telephone exchange constructed in 1911 included a lobby, office, telephone exchange, retiring office and bathroom for staff. A free-standing shed in the rear yard appears to be contemporary with the post office and was used as the telephone line technicians' office and store. The post office did not contain a residence as the original post office on the northern portion of the site (1859) was used for this purpose after the new building was completed.
The original post office (then residence) on an adjoining site was demolished in 1965–66 to make way for access to new telephone exchange site. In 1968, a new telephone exchange was constructed at the rear of the site and the original exchange was removed from the post office building; the space was converted to a lunch room and kitchen. It possibly included subdivision of room in southeast corner to create store and toilet. In c. 1960s, the post office underwent a general interior refurbishment including joinery, installation of suspended acoustic ceiling and finishes.
At an unknown date before 1980, the dwarf wall in southern end of the front porch was demolished and a flagpole installed on front gable. At an unknown date before 1995, additional private boxes were installed in the south elevation within and beneath existing window bays and a small timber-framed awning to match the original awnings elsewhere constructed across the windows.
It underwent additions c. 1995 with the relocation of a transportable building from another property, providing post office boxes and delivery centre. The new building was linked to the original by an enclosed corridor. All post boxes were removed from the original building, and the openings in the east wall of the front porch were fitted with sash windows and the south windows were reconstructed with the area beneath filled with rendered panels.
It also underwent a substantial internal refurbishment of the front areas at this time, including removal of the former post master's office partition walls, demolition of original fireplace, reorientation of original counter, installation of standardised post shop retail fittings. The original front doors were replaced with automatic sliding doors and the porch altered to accommodate a disabled access ramp and quarry tiling.
Strathalbyn Post Office is at 37 Commercial Road, Strathalbyn. It is a style fusion of simplified Edwardian Baroque, Federation, and Arts and Crafts movement domestic.