1. Neilson Park
Development of a park commenced on the present site by the Coonabarabran Shire Council in June 1928. Originally called River Park its name had been changed by 1935 to Neilson Park in honour of the role of Robert Neilson in developing the town. Robert Neilson was an early businessman and had constructed the first flourmill in Coonabarabran. In the southwestern corner of the park the Coonabarabran Rotary Club erected a stone well head over the well shaft first dug by Arthur Croxon in the 1850s.
2. Police Residence (former)
The police residence was built in 1880. Sargent Nies was possibly the first sergeant to take up residence in the building. The building was later condemned for demolition in the 1960s but fortunately the order was reversed, and the building was restored. At the rear formerly was the stable yard and stables.
3. Coonabarabran Clock Tower
The Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower was unveiled on 22nd August 1928 by Major General Charles Frederick Cox. Fundraising and planning were carried out by the Soldiers Memorial Committee. After World War II an additional plaque was added to the memorial providing a dedication to those who had served in that conflict.
4. Coonabarabran Courthouse
Constructed of local sandstone the new courthouse building was completed in 1878 at a cost of £3,792 to replace an earlier timber weatherboard court and watch house.
5. Coonabarabran Post Office
In 1849 James Weston was appointed the first postmaster in the district. He conducted postal business from his inn. Originally constructed in 1879 for £1,200 the post office replaced the earlier court and watchhouse and has undergone a number of alterations over the Twentieth Century.
6. McDonagh Merchant Store
The McDonagh Coonabarabran Ltd store was constructed in 1911. The store was extended with the addition of a new wing on its southern side in the late 1920s. At this time the original façade was modified by the addition of new cement rendered Art Deco style parallel line detailing.
7. Rural Bank (former)
The bank building was constructed in the later half of 1939 by Martin & Stewart of Hurstville. The first manager was Mr A. G. Muir, previously at West Wyalong. The building is a fine example of an Interwar period Art Deco style commercial building with attached residence.
8. Commonwealth Bank
The current bank building was constructed in 1936 by Alex Burns for a firm of builders G. J. Taylor & Sons. The bank is a strong physical expression of the mid twentieth century prosperity and growth of Coonabarabran.
9. Masonic Hall (former)
Harold Hardwick, Architect, Mudgee called for tenders for 'the erection and completion of a Masonic Temple for Lodge Timor, Coonabarabran’ in January 1923. A foundation stone incorporated in the façade of the building indicates that construction commenced in March 1923. Now a private residence.
10. Coonabarabran Public School (former)
After much public pressure a new school building was constructed in 1889 to replace an earlier timber building which was converted into quarters for the headmaster. The school continued to operate on this site until the 1930s.
11. Hagan Residence
The house is built on the site of the residence of David Hagan. The verandah of the original house was for a time used by the Australian Joint Stock Bank after it was established in Coonabarabran in the late 1860s.
12. Savoy Theatre (former)
The Club Hall was demolished in 1939 to make way for the Savoy Theatre. The property owner Mrs Bonnington commissioned cinema architects Guy Crick and Bruce W. Furse of Angel Place, Sydney to design a new cinema. Construction was delayed by the outbreak of World War II and the building was finally completed in 1941. The cinema operated until well into the late 20th century.
13. Imperial Hotel
A number of hotels have operated on the site of the Imperial Hotel since 1872. The Royal Oak Hotel was constructed in that year with Edward Swords as its licensee. The hotel was rebuilt in 1910 as a two storeyed weatherboard building when it was Mrs Field’s Imperial Hotel. The hotel underwent major renovations in 1938 including the reconstruction of the façade and verandahs.
14. Catholic Presbytery
Roman Catholics have been present in the Coonabarabran district since the 1830s. The spiritual needs of the district’s Catholics were first ministered to by a series of visiting and circuit priests. The church established a place in Coonabarabran in the late 19th century and constructed the existing stone presbytery in 1917.
15. Christ Church Coonabarabran
The Church of England built an earlier church in 1874 on a site in Robertson Street. Mudgee architect Harold Hardwick was engaged by the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst to construct a new church which was completed in 1939.
16. Coonabarabran Power House
In 1929 the Coonabarabran Shire Council voted an amount of £5,218/for the purchase of power generating plant, switchboards, transformers and electricity supply installations. In April of that year Council had approved the resumption of the site for an electric plant. Construction was completed by April 1930.