Mount Gambier Fire Station
| Mount Gambier Fire Station | |
|---|---|
  Location of Mount Gambier Fire Station in Australia | |
| Location | Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°49′56″S 140°47′04″E / 37.832216°S 140.784415°E |
| Built | 1955 |
The Mount Gambier Fire Station, at 40a Sturt Street, in Mount Gambier, South Australia is a historic site listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. It was built in 1955. It was deemed notable as "an unusual and intact example of a mid-1950s utilitarian purpose built service building. The building is representative of post-war functionalist architecture on a minor scale, and was the basis of the prototype for of a number of new regional fire stations. It demonstrates the provision and upgrading of public utilities after World War Two (Mt Gambier Heritage Survey, 1994)."[1]
As of 2018, the building is being used as an optometrist office.[2][3]
The current Mount Gambier Fire Station is located at 20 Crouch Street. It is staffed by alternating shifts of 5 firefighters during the day, and is backed up by retained crew overnight.
References
[edit]- ^ "SA Heritage Places: Mount Gambier Fire Station". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ Google street view, image capture January 2010, accessed 14 October 2018
- ^ "Tony Bolton Optometrist at The Eye Station". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Tony Bolton Optometrist at The Eye Station, current occupant