General News
3 June, 2024
Putting a new roof on historic buildings
THE first of two roof replacements on historic Loddon Shire buildings has started, Contractors Duobuild Pty Ltd are working on the old Boort Court House. The 1890 building still retains its magistrate’s bench and witness box and was last used in...
THE first of two roof replacements on historic Loddon Shire buildings has started,
Contractors Duobuild Pty Ltd are working on the old Boort Court House.
The 1890 building still retains its magistrate’s bench and witness box and was last used in court proceedings in 1983.
It is used as the Boort Historical Society museum and secretary Gayle Huggett said members were looking forward to re-opening the doors when work was completed in August.
She said the museum was well visited, particularly by people researching family and local history.
Contractors will move to Inglewood after completing the Boort project to replace the roof of the Inglewood Town Hall.
In 1892, noted goldfields architect William Vahland oversaw replacement of the roof at the hall that had been built a decade earlier.
Work is being funded through Loddon Shire Council’s annual infrastructure program and the projects have a total cost of $453,677.