ARCHITECTURE
Late Victorian / Early Federation, Bungalow with Georgian Influences.
No. 12 (previously was no. 24) East street is a single storey house constructed in rendered masonry with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style overlaid with a Post-World War II Immigrant Nostalgia. The tiled roof was replaced post 2006 with corrugated iron. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central front door flanked by windows. The facade features a hipped verandah supported on timber posts.
HISTORY
1916 Death on October 30 at 24 East-street, East Fremantle, John (Jacky), the dearly beloved youngest son of Ruth and Charles Reynolds (of G. Wood, Son and Co.) aged 7 months. (reference)
1917 War Casualties. Mr. and Mrs. Gen. J. Wise, 12 East-street, East Fremantle have received word that their son, Private William Norman, was admitted into Graylingwell War Hospital, Chicester, England, on August 13, suffering from trench fever. (reference)
1928 Death on October 13, at his late residence, No. 24 East-street, East Fremantle, suddenly, Charles Burge; aged 72 years. (reference)
1932 Prize Won. Happy New Year, W. Arthur, 24 East-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1935 Auction. October 2. Brick And Stone Residence. No. 24 East-Street. East Fremantle. (reference)
1936 For Sale. Hot water Lanyon Incubator. New, £7. 24 East-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1937 Death on May 27, at Subiaco, Ruth, the loving foster-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dear, pal of Will, 24 East-street, East Fremantle; aged seven years and nine months. Our darling. (reference)
1938 Death on February 22, at the Fremantle Hospital, Patricia Constance, dearly beloved only daughter of John and Mavis Yench, of 24 East-street, East Fremantle, and little sister of Max; aged 14 months. Another little bud in heaven. (reference)
1943 Death on September 26, at Fremantle Hospital, Margaret Mary, dearly beloved wife of Godfrey Peterson, of 12 East-street. East Fremantle, loving mother of James Godfrey (46 Merriwa-street, Nedlands) and John Ernest (AIF): loving mother-in-law of Jean McCreeth Peterson; aged 59 years RIP. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1907: Kestell, Mrs. M.
1908: Parker, Thomas H.
1911 - 1925: Reynolds, Charles W.
1926 - 1938: Arthur, Mrs. Margaret.
1938 - 1939: Yench, Mrs. J. W.
1939 - 1949: Petersen, Godfrey.
