Katoomba Post Office

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| location = 59-61 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

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| architect = NSW Government Architect's office

| architecture = Georgian Revival

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| designation1 = New South Wales State Heritage Register

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| designation1_type = State heritage (built)

| designation1_date = 22 December 2000

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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.{{cite NSW SHR|5051337|Katoomba Post Office (former)|hr=01453|fn=H00/00465|access-date=2 June 2018}}

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.BMCC 1991

= Condition =

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

= Modifications and dates =

1917 - Alterations
1923 - Addition of second storey

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.

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.{{sfn|Pearson |Lennon |Marshall |O'Keeffe |1999}}

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

References

= Bibliography =

{{cite book|author=Blue Mountains City Council|date=1991|title=Heritage Inventory}}
{{cite book |last=Pearson |first=M |last2=Lennon |first2=J |last3=Marshall |first3=D |last4=O'Keeffe |first4=B |date=1999 |title=National Federation Heritage Project: identification and assessment consultancy, Volume 1 - Project report |location=Melbourne |publisher=Heritage Victoria |oclc=222648799 }}