ARCHITECTURE
Inter / Post War
Bungalow Porch House w
Arts & Crafts Influences
No. 124 (previously was no. 193) Marmion street is a single storey house constructed in rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The front facade is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by a polygonal bay window and a double hung sash window. A particular feature of the house is its boarded gable and lattice vent at the top of the gable. The east elevation features sets of double hung sash windows.
HISTORY
1910 On board the Penguin are two of the late Pericles crew, they are R.W. Richards, who was a cook on the ill-fated boat, and Arthur Jeapes, a steward. They are both acting in these capacities on the Penguin and take their lot philosophically, although they have lost their all... (reference)
1931 Funeral. The Friends of the late Mr. Charles Joseph Merrin, late wharf manager of Bunge and Co., Ltd., Fremantle, and loving husband of Charlotte, and fond father of Maisie and Elma, are respectfully notified that his remains will be interred in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. (reference)
1934 Tonight Mr. Harry Walsh, who has been wharfinger and supervisor of Public Works here for some time, left on an overland trip for Perth, accompanied by his wife. Both Mr. and Mrs. Walsh are old identities of the North-West and Kimberleya Mr. Arthur Jeapes is acting, as wharfinger. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1921: Jennings, James D.
1922: Maher, William James
1923: Merrin, Charles Joseph
1924: Bossers, John
1925: Cant, Ernest George
1926 - 1928: Jeapes, Arthur
1929 - 1930: Baker, J.
1931 - 1932: Uttley, Mrs. Lillian
1933 - 1934: Tracey, George J.
1934 - 1941: Pickett, E. R.
1941 - 1949: Whitehead, Mrs. C. W.
