ARCHITECTURE
Federation Cottage Orné
No. 119 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
1911 Dear Auntie Nell, I write to thank you for my prize, which duly reached its destination...I suppose you have seen the French warship Montcalm? I go to the Fremantle Boy's Central School now, having enrolled at that school after the holidays. The boy, James Patterson, who saved another boy's life received a medal on Tuesday for that heroic deed... Jack O’Brien, 119 George-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1911 Prize Essay On West Australian Wildflowers. Dear Auntie Nell, I see by Saturday's "Daily News" that you are offering prizes for the best essays submitted on the "Wild Flowers of Western Australia." I am going to try for one of those prizes: The wild flowers of Western Australia are many and famous. The West Australian everlasting is known all over Australia, New Zealand, and also part of England. Now is the time to take a walk through the bush. Innumerable wild flowers meet the gaze at every step... Jack O'Brien, aged 14, 119 George-street; East Fremantle... (reference)
1915 Honorary Mention for Recipe Madeira Cake: One heaped tablespoonful butter, ½ cup of sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup flour, ½ cup ground rice, a few drops essence of lemon...Mrs. Best, 119 George-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1921 Death on July 1, at Hopetown Private Hospital, North Fremantle, Billy, the dearly beloved son of William and May Fletcher, of 119 George-street, East Fremantle, aged 15 days. (reference)
1928 Birth on October 16, at 119 George-street, Fremantle East, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Ritchie—a daughter (Merlyne Jean). (reference)
RESIDENTS
1910: Pope, Frederick
1911: Robinson, Mrs. M. A.
1912 - 1914: O'Brien, William J.
1915 - 1916: Best, Arthur R.
1917 - 1923: Fletcher, William
1924: Brooks
1926 - 1927: Olsen, Simon
1928 - 1929: Ritchie, Leslie
1930: Wallington, Eric
1931 - 1941: Harman, James
1945 - 1946: Clark, James
1947 - 1949: Fletcher, L.
