ARCHITECTURE
Interwar Bungalow w Federation Influences
No 6 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gabled thrust bay and a part width broken back roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. Decorative trellis work and a balustrade spans between the posts. The gable bay features a set of casement windows under a sunhood. There is a centrally located front door flanked by windows. The roofscape features a rendered chimney.
HISTORY
1926 Funeral notice. The Friends of Mr. Reginald Stewart Pepworth, of the M.C.L. Print, Fremantle, and of Railway-parade, Spearwood, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved wife, Valma Rosetta, to the place of interment, the Church of England Cemetery, Fremantle. (reference)
1926 Spearwood Crossing Fatality. The District Coroner (Mr. H. J. Craig, B.M.), in the Fremantle Courthouse, on Friday, continued an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Alma (Valma?) Rosetta Pepworth, who died in the Fremantle Hospital on August 28, as a result of injuries Sustained in a collision between a motor car driven by her husband, Reginald Pepworth, and a train, at the Spearwood railway crossing, on that day. Dr. McDonald, a resident medical officer at the Fremantle Hospital, stated that deceased died from haemorrhage and shock following injuries. (reference)
1928 Marriage. Reginald Pepworth marries Lillian D. Dowse Fremantle. (reference)
1929 Tenders are invited until noon Wednesday for Weatherboard additions to residence at Oakover Street, East Fremantle for Mr R. S. Pepworth. (reference)
1936 The Golden West Cat Fanciers Association remind readers that the open championship show will be held at the Amateur Sports Club, King-street, Perth, on July 16. Entries close with R. Pepworth, 6 Oakover-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1946 The engagement is announced of Lorna, youngest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr. Job Jones, of 10 Wittenoom Street, Bunbury, to Roy (M.O.A., Japan), third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Knight, of 6 Oakover Street East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1925 - 1928: Hughes, Afred Victor
1929 - 1938: Pepworth, Reg Stan
1939 - 1940: Hogan, S.
1941 - 1942: Williams, C. H.
1944 - 1945: Williams, C. H. & Knight, John H.
1946: Knight, John H.
1947 - 1949: Mansfield, A.
