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Wednesday 15 February 2023

Nigh on the end

Another local landmark building sold recently - the Ni Ni Well Lutheran school/church. This one comes with a video and a chance to see what the inside of the building is like.

A Beautiful Historic Canvas

This property is situated on 2 lots being approximately 3.78 acres in total and is set amongst a picturesque rural tall timber setting.
Lot 1 features the stately Ni Ni Well School which is a once in a life time opportunity to purchase a prestigious property which oozes rich history and character commencing from approximately 1893. The standing school which is a substantial concrete building with stunning pioneer features and character from yesteryear was founded on 15th July 1923. Inside the building offers formal entry room including authentic air vent shutters to cool the building on summer days. The main class room is vast in size boasting large blackboard, open fire place, 2nd entry/exit door, alluring timber ceiling and an abundance of windows. There is also a concrete smaller hut located on the property in need of repair.
Lot 2 is the site of the Ni Ni Well Lutheran Church from circa 1883 and all that remains today is a monument and sign. The property was sold in Sep 2022.
(from the RealEstate.Com people)
Looking south-west from in the main room (RealEstate.com)

At the main entry, to the schoolroom, space between the 2 is for the wall vents (RE.C)

A video of the property from WestTech AG

Ni Ni Well the Lutheran congregation was organised in 1873. The Zion Lutheran Church 1883-1973 opened in a buloke & mud building which was dedicated in November 1886, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1889. A weatherboard church was built in 1906 and the Lutheran School moved into the old church building. The concrete building was erected in 1923 and opened as the school in 1924. Church services moved to St Paul's Church at Woorak, till it closed in March 2022.
Ni Ni Well Lutheran Day School No. 805 opened in a room of the teacher’s residence across the road from the church in 1893. When the new church opened in 1906, the school moved into the old buloke & mud church building. A new concrete school building was erected in 1923. The Lutheran school closed at the end of 1929.
The schools plaque

Ni Ni Well State School
No. 4500 opened in 1932 in the former Lutheran Private School, as the old Lutheran School building was closed, and leased by the Department on 17.5.1932, the adjacent residence was also leased. Blackboards came from the closed Angip School in April 1948. A shelter shed was built in 1943. Owing to a small enrolment, the teacher was transferred to No. 2541 in May 1952 and it was unstaffed from February 1953, and the school officially closed in April 1955. 
The furniture was moved to Woorak No. 2246. The lease with the Lutheran Church Trust was terminated in May 1955. 

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