Katoomba Post Office

The Katoomba Post Office is a heritage-listed former post office and now retail building at 59-61 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by NSW Government Architect's office. It is also known as Katoomba Post Office (former). It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000.[1]

Katoomba Post Office (former)
Heritage boundaries
Location	59-61 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°42′49″S 150°18′40″E
Architect	NSW Government Architect's office
Architectural style(s)	Georgian Revival
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name: Katoomba Post Office (former)
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	22 December 2000
Reference no.	1453
Type	Post Office
Category	Postal and Telecommunications
Location of Katoomba Post Office (former) in New South Wales

Description

Parapet wall to ends; two storey face brickwork; lower level base of face brickwork with upper and pilasters; face brickwork chimneys with terracotta chimney pots; multi-paned double hung timber windows.[1][2]

Condition

As at 26 October 2000, the condition of the post office was good.

Modifications and dates

• 1917 - Alterations
• 1923 - Addition of second storey[1]

Heritage listing

As at 26 October 2000, historically and socially significant as a Post Office closely associated with the commercial centre of Katoomba and communications within the region. As an individual building the Post Office makes a strong contribution to the character of the Katoomba Street commercial shop group and streetscape.[1][2]

Significant in demonstrating the transfer of control of Post Offices from State to Commonwealth. The NSW Government continued to design and build Post Offices until 1916 after which the Commonwealth took control. The Georgian Revival style of the state-built Katoomba Post Office (1910) was used as a model for a large series of new Post Offices built up to 1930 by the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways.[1][3]

Katoomba Post Office was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 December 2000.[1]

See also

• Australian non-residential architectural styles
• List of post offices in New South Wales

References

1. "Katoomba Post Office (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H01453. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. BMCC 1991
3. Pearson et al. 1999.

Bibliography

• Blue Mountains City Council (1991). Heritage Inventory.
• Pearson, M; Lennon, J; Marshall, D; O'Keeffe, B (1999). National Federation Heritage Project: identification and assessment consultancy. Volume 1 - Project report. Melbourne: Heritage Victoria. OCLC 222648799.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Katoomba Post Office (former), entry number 01453 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.