87 Crown Street, Wollongong

87 Crown Street is a heritage-listed shop at 87 Crown Street, Wollongong, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

87 Crown Street
87 Crown St in 2009 with a previous tenant
Location87 Crown Street, Wollongong, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates34.4259°S 150.8982°E / -34.4259; 150.8982
Official nameShop
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.467
TypeShop
CategoryRetail and Wholesale
Location of 87 Crown Street in New South Wales

History

It was built c. 1870s-1880s and has been in continuous use as retail premises since that time. It was used as W. McInnes' tailor shop c. 1900 and housed Coad's secondhand jewellery store from c. 1940-1960.[2]

In 2018, it houses cafe Lee and Me.[3]

It is close by a number of other historic or landmark buildings, including the Wollongong Town Hall and the Old Wollongong East Post Office.[2]

Description

It is a terrace shop with a decorative facade and verandah. It has been described as "one of Wollongong's last remaining commercial structures of the nineteenth century".[4]

Heritage listing

87 Crown St was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Shop". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00467. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "Lower Crown Street Precinct, Crown St, Wollongong, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "Contact Us". Lee and Me. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. "Wollongong". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Shop, entry number 00467 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 1 June 2018.

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