Scarborough - Historic buildings

Scarborough Hotel
Address: 383 Lawrence Hargrave Drive

Description:
Two storey painted render - cornice and parapet
Victorian Free Classical style

The Hotel was built in 1886 and is still in good condition although the modern awning detracts from architectural quality and the ground floor tiles have been modified.  (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Alfred Broadhead, who built the hotel, retired as host in 1910. Patronage came from the miners at the South Clifton Colliery.  During World War II the large sign, Scarborough Hotel, was compulsorily removed in the interests of security  and the windows were blacked out. (Illawarra Mercury 10/8/2000)

Scarborough Railway Station

The station opened as Clifton Station in 1887 and changed to Scarborough in 1903. It is in good condition and retains architectural quality, although it has been modified from original design materials.   The building is brick with corrugated steel roof and corrugated iron awning brackets. This building is one of the surviving small stations on the Illawarra Line and is associated with the opening of the Line  (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Scarborough Public School
Address:  371-381 Lawrence Hargrave Drive

Description:
Single storey school buildings
Weatherboard, rough cast rendered masonry base and chimneys with a terracotta tile roof
Federation with elements of Arts and Crafts style in chimneys and eaves brackets.

Built in 1914 to amalgamate Clifton School (1878) and Scarborough School.  The school consisted of six classrooms divided by folding doors, two teachers rooms and a corridor running the length of the building. A library was established in 1938. In December 1915 the name was changed to Scarborough Public School. (Barnetson, 1988)