ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War, Gable Porch House w Californian Bungalow Influences
HISTORY
1937 Lost. Pair Brown Gauntlets, in or near Irwin St. Finder please return 87 Fraser-st., East Fremantle. Reward. (reference)
87 Petra Street
Architecture
Interwar / Bungalow w Federation Influences
History
1938 Vehicle Registration: 35797, V. H. Dowd, 87 Petra-street, East Fremantle, Ford sedan. (reference)
1939 East Fremantle: Just completed, 3 minutes from tram, in best residential district. Modern Weatherboard and Asbestos Residence, including brick piers and granolithic verandahs to front, lounge, dining-room, 2 bed rooms, kitchen, internal bathroom, with semi-sunken bath, basin, bath heater, textured walls to lounge and hall, swing doors, leadlight, and model ceilings are a few details of this delightful home. Sewered. Small deposit, easy terms. Dowd. Builder. 87 Petra-st., East Fremantle… (reference)
1943 Loving thoughts for ever of Garnham Green, missing since September 4, 1942, now presumed killed. Loved cousin of Lucy and Vic Dowd and Ron (87 Petra-street, East Fremantle). (reference)
1947 Also charged with having failed to comply with regulations contained in a permit issued by the Workers' Homes Board was Victor Dowd, building contractor, of Fremantle. He pleaded guilty and was fined £5, with £3/9/ costs. Mr. J. Dunphy for Dowd, said that the permit had been issued to an exnaval rating named Murphy, who found that the price of the house was too high. Dowd then offered to build the house on his own block of land and to rent it to Murphy. Before the house was completed. Murphy died and because Dowd had built on a block not specified in the permit, he was prosecuted. Dowd already had one house and was willing to rent this to anyone the Court specified. There had been no attempt to conceal the building operations. (reference)
1948 Attadale, Moreng-rd., high side, river view, £200. 87 Petra-st., East Fremantle… (reference)
1948 Divorces Granted Decrees nisi in the following divorce cases have been granted by Mr. Justice Walker in the Supreme Court: Lucy Ellen May Dowd v. Vivian Harwood Dowd., known as Victor Harwood Dowd. Ground: Respondents' adultery with Mary Jones. (reference)
1949 Engagement. Mrs. A. C. Ashworth, of 87 Petra-street, East Fremantle, has much pleasure in announcing the engagement of her eldest daughter, Elizabeth Jean, to Stanley Phillip, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mountford, of Ewington, via Collie. (reference)
1951 BUILDING OFFENCES: Victor Dowd, of Petra-street, East Fremantle, was fined £2 with £4/6/ costs for having employed workmen on building construction without providing sufficient sanitary conveniences. (reference)
Residents
1926 - 1927: Mofflin, A.
1928 - 1935: Steere, Kenneth S. O.
1935 - 1936: Vacant
1936 - 1951: Dowd, Vivian ‘Victor’ Harwood
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87 Oakover Street
ARCHITECTURE
Inter / Post-War Bungalow Porch House with Arts & Crafts Influences
No 87 Oakover Street is a single-storey house, constructed in weatherboard and fibrous cement, with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. The place, on a corner lot addresses Marmion and Oakover Streets. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and a part-width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on tapered square columns.
HISTORY
Christine Jill Hibben purchased this property in 2000 and did major renovations on it:
“I replaced the concrete roof tiles, removed the rear of the house replacing with a kitchen dining room and laundry. At the same time enclosed along the right side a veranda to make an ensuite and walk in robe off the main bedroom. The little area on the left side of the central room was originally another small veranda, converted to a sleep out, then I installed a window and floor to make a bedroom/office. The ceiling centre rose and cortices of the lounge room were replaced with deco repro as the original was damaged when the roof was replaced and later collapsed. A decking was also put onto the rear. The garage was installed prior to me buying the property. Although I tried at the time I was not able to find out much of the history of the house. The block had been subdivided prior to me purchasing the property.
I was sad to leave East Fremantle as my dad was born in East St and Grandmother lived there till the early 1960s. My grandfather was a “wharfie”. I still have memories of relatives stories of their early childhood and some are still living in the area.”
C Jill Hibben (nee Pike), correspondence August 2022
RESIDENTS
None as per the SLWA Post Office Directory 1893 - 1949.
2000-2014 Christine Jill Hibben nee Pike.
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87 Duke Street
Architecture
Post-War, Gable Domestic Carpenter with Austerity Influences
No. 87 (previously was no. 187) Duke Street is a single house constructed of timber framing and fibro cement cladding with a gabled corrugated iron roof. There are later additions to the rear.
The place is consistent with the pattern of development in Plympton and plays an important role in the pattern of development of a working class suburb.
History
1941 Death on June 6, at Claremont, Patrick Lynch, formerly of 87 Duke-street, East Fremantle, husband of the late Mary Jane Lynch, dearly beloved father of Joseph and Evelyn (Mrs. H. Leverett); fond brother of Joseph, Annie (Mrs Keating) and the late Michael (Collie): and brother in-law of Isobel; grandfather of Jack Leverett Molly and Charlie Lynch; aged 68 years. RIP (reference)
RESIDENTS
1912: Grenfell, Mrs A.
1913: Grenfell, Thomas P.
1914 - 1919: Carlson, Carl
1920 - 1921: Godfrey, Edward O.
1922: Jacobsen, Olaf C.
1923: Jones, James
1924: Dew, Charles
1925: Vacant
1926: Stratton, Harry
1927 - 1940: Watson, Miss Edith Bell
1941 - 1944: Lynch, Mrs Isabella
1945 - 1947: Robinson, Mrs Margaret
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87 King Street
ARCHITECTURE
Federation, Georgian Influences
No 87 King Street (was 171 pre 1939) is a single-storey cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a 'M' format corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and double hung sash windows. The facade features a full width bullnosed verandah supported on turned timber posts with a spindle frieze.
HISTORY
1913 Affairs Of Robson And Cox-Palmyra Estate Accounts. Accused Committed For Trial. Before Messrs. H. E. Mofflin and A. Stang, J’s.P., at the Fremantle Police Court yesterday—Joseph Herbert Cox and Charles Robson, who are under committal for trial on a charge of stealing... During the course of their actions they had collected moneys from purchasers of blocks and had not paid the moneys into the Bank of Australasia or accounted for them ... Sidney Preston, labourer, residing at 171 King street, East Fremantle said he bought blocks 137 and 139 in the Palmyra Estate. He paid, some time in October last £17 2s. and £2 10s. He received a receipt for the sale price of block 137, and a deposit of £2 10s. on block 139 He paid the money to Cox. (reference)
1916 Loss Of A Finger. Harbour Trust Sued. Defective Machinery Alleged. Damages for personal injuries were claimed in the Supreme Court yesterday before the Chief Justice (Sir Robert McMillan) and a jury of six, by William Preston, wharf lumper, found the Fremantle Harbour Trust Commissioners with respect to an accident which occurred on the North Wharf, Fremantle, on February 9. The action was brought under the Employers Liability Act. Preston, who resides at 171 King-street, East Fremantle. was employed in February 9 on a Wheat elevator alongside the steamship King Idwal… (reference)
1927 York Handicap Sweep results (Racing) Drawn in Public at Millenden, on Friday, December 2, closed with 28,000 subscribers- Sir Waddy, 10683, J. Brown, 171 King-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1944 Death on May 13 at Fremantle, William Frederick Preston, of 87 King-street, East Fremantle, husband of the late Mary Ann Preston: dearly beloved father of Nellie (Mrs. M. Connolly), John, Bob, Dolly and the late Syd: fond father-in-law of Sarah, Rose and Kath. and grandfather of 7 grandchildren. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1910 - 1928: Preston, William F.
1929: Green, W. M.
1930 - 1932: Preston, Robert A.
1933 - 1938: Pitcher, William
1938 - 1944: Preston, W. M.
1945 - 1949: Hardlman, William J.
