3.1 The Public Buildings

Street Memorial

Along with a new Civic Centre Frankston residents were constantly looking for ways to give a civic style to their streets. In 1948 the Housewives Association suggested a memorial clock.1 The clock was to be a memorial to one of Frankston's most prominent citizens, General Grimwade; the architect was J.H. Butler appointed in May 1956 and after tortuous negotiations about traffic routing and the shape of the clock surrounds it was completed in July 1956 at an estimated cost of £2161.