ARCHITECTURE
Interwar Bungalow Porch House w Federation Influences
No 10 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick house with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on columns over piers. A brick balustrade spans between the piers. The half-timbered, gable bay features a set of casement windows and a sunhood. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and a set of casement windows. The roofscape features a masonry chimney and finials.
HISTORY
1929 Second prize is awarded to Mrs. F. Lee, Oakover-street, East Fremantle. Apricot Flan. (reference)
1933 East Ward Vacancy. In East Fremantle Council Mr. Fred Lee elected Shortly after 7.30 p.m. the count was completed. About 40 people were present when the returning officer, Mr. J Munro, announced the following result: Lee- 436 Angwin 121 (reference)
1934 Nominations for Council-East Ward: East Fremantle, schoolmaster; Frederick Edward Herbert Lee, of Oakover-Street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1952 Religious Mania Of Zoo Victim. Alexander Lindsay Edmeades, who was found dead in the lions' cage at the South Perth Zoo on June 17, appeared to have been obsessed with religion. This was said by Frederick Herbert Lee, of Oakover Street, East Fremantle, in the Fremantle Courthouse yesterday when the City Coroner (Mr. R P. Rodriguez) opened an inquest into Edmeades's death. Lee, who is the manager of G. Wood, Son and Co. Ltd., Fremantle. said that Edmeades had been continually employed by the firm since 1931, except for a few years during the war. Deceased was a conscientious employee and, apart from his apparent religious mania, appeared normal. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1928 - 1952: Lee, Frederick
