The Homestead, Heritage site in Georges Hall, Australia

The Homestead is a single-storey former homestead at 1a Lionel Street, Georges Hall, built in 1837 for David Johnston. It has stuccoed brick walls on sandstone foundations, a hipped roof of blue-grey corrugated metal with two pale chimneys, and a verandah on three sides with white posts and a timber balustrade of vertical slats and cross-patterned panels. Grey steps at the right end lead to the entrance.

George Johnston received 172 acres here in 1798 and built a timber farmhouse called Georges Hall, which served as an unofficial military outpost with a sergeant and four privates by 1801. His son David inherited the flood-prone property and in 1837 replaced it with the present house, also called Georges Hall. The Johnston family lived here until 1917; the name The Homestead was in use by 1946.

The name Georges Hall passed from the first timber farmhouse to David Johnston's 1837 house, and "The Homestead" was in use by 1946. The attic rooms are lit by dormers with arched transoms and curved glazing bars, a pattern repeated in the fanlight over the south door.

The Homestead stands at 1a Lionel Street, Georges Hall, on rising ground above Henry Lawson Drive and the Georges River floodplain. The building is occupied by HopePoint Christian School, so the verandah and grounds are best seen from the street during school hours. The grey steps at the right end lead up to the verandah and entrance doors.

The building served multiple distinct purposes over its lifetime, first as a family home, then as a women's hostel, and later as an educational facility. These transformations show how the community's needs shaped the building's role across different periods.