ARCHITECTURE
Federation Cottage Orné
No. 115 George Street is one of a seven attached residences. They are constructed in brick and rendered masonry designed in a rich rendering of the Federation Cottage Orné style. The houses are constructed in limestone and tuck pointed brick. They are divided by parapet walls and have gable roofs. The gables have elaborately decorative barges with applied oriel style niches and sculptures. The roofscape features tall chimneys with chimney caps.
HISTORY
AIF 1916, Ernest William Groundsell Brown (Regimental number 2378) Occupation Lorry driver, 115 George Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Married, Age at embarkation 28. Next of kin Mrs Harriet Bremner Brown
1914 Birth on July 22 at 115 George-street, East Fremantle, Mr. and Mrs. H. Stanley Smith—a daughter (Sarah Gwendoline). (reference)
1930 Death on May 13, at the Fremantle Hospital, Charles Leighton, dearly beloved husband of Eva Barker Leighton, of 115 George street, East Fremantle, and loving father of Phyllis, Bill, Arnold and Doris Leighton; aged 46 years. (reference)
1935 Death on January 18, at Beaconsfield, Harriett Sarah Christensen, beloved wife of William Christensen, of 115 George-street, East Fremantle, and loving mother of Ida (Mrs. W. Armstrong), Fred (Northam), and Horace Christensen (Fremantle); aged 56 years. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1912: Winter, Edward V. (music teacher)
1913: Hansen, Ernest R.
1914: Kelly, George S.
1915 - 1916: Smith, Herbert S.
1917: Brown, Ernest W.
1918: Poat, Charles Albert
1919 - 1920: Brown, Henry G.
1921 - 1923: Hopkins, Frank
1924 - 1929: Solomon, Samuel Moss
1930: Armitage, Mrs. Ada
1931 - 1932: Kingston-Kerr, Thomas
1933 - 1934: Elder, Dermid
1934 - 1936: Christensen, Mrs. H. S.
1936 - 1937: Barwise, Harry
1937 - 1940: Connolly, Robert A.
1940 - 1944: Vacant
1945 - 1947: Brown, Walter
1949: Hooper, Mrs. J. M.
