Grenfell. Weddin Shire Council Offices.Built in 1936.
Although not a grand town Grenfell has charm and history. Big changes came to the town when wheat was first grown in the surrounding countryside from 1871 onwards but transport costs were a problem. A spur railway line from Cowra reached Grenfell in 1901 and agriculture expanded. A flourmill was erected in the 1880s but it burnt within a few years. It was replaced with the Challenge flourmill in 1901. That mill still stands although not in use. It produced flour for our troops during the World War Two and it finally closed in the 1960s. The heritage buildings of Grenfell include the Courthouse (1879), the School of Arts (1890) and Methodist Church (1928) in Camp Street and the Anglican Church (1877) and Presbyterian Church (1870) in Middle Street etc. In the Main Street look out for the William Wardell designed old Union Bank building built in 1890, the old Temperance Hall from the 1880s, the beautiful Exchange Hotel 1912 and the Albion Hotel which dates from 1866.
Grenfell. Weddin Shire Council Offices.Built in 1936.
Although not a grand town Grenfell has charm and history. Big changes came to the town when wheat was first grown in the surrounding countryside from 1871 onwards but transport costs were a problem. A spur railway line from Cowra reached Grenfell in 1901 and agriculture expanded. A flourmill was erected in the 1880s but it burnt within a few years. It was replaced with the Challenge flourmill in 1901. That mill still stands although not in use. It produced flour for our troops during the World War Two and it finally closed in the 1960s. The heritage buildings of Grenfell include the Courthouse (1879), the School of Arts (1890) and Methodist Church (1928) in Camp Street and the Anglican Church (1877) and Presbyterian Church (1870) in Middle Street etc. In the Main Street look out for the William Wardell designed old Union Bank building built in 1890, the old Temperance Hall from the 1880s, the beautiful Exchange Hotel 1912 and the Albion Hotel which dates from 1866.