Kanahooka - Historic buildings

Rhondella House
Address: 25 Kanahooka Road. Kanahooka

Rhondella is a federation bungalow/homestead that was built circa 1890. It has wide verandahs, painted brickwork and a grey slate roof. It also has attic windows with interesting side light. This building was once owned by A.C. Hoskins a pioneer of the steel industry in the Illawarra. It is an architecturally significant early 20th Century building of an uncommonly large scale with a high level of integrity.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Lake View House
Address: Kanahooka Road Kanahooka (next to the old smelting works)

This house was built in conjunction with the Dapto Smelter (1895 - 1905) as an administration office and laboratory. It is rendered brick and has a corrugated metal roof. Although it has been modified, the core section of the building represents the early Victorian homestead.

(City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)