ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Timber Bungalow w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 16 Clayton Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a gable roofed porch. The porch is supported on paired timber posts. A timber balustrade spans between the posts. The porch roof extends over the gable bay. The gable bay features a set of double hung sash windows. There is a central door flanked by a pair of double hung sash windows.
HISTORY
1938 Vehicle Registration. 6480: A. E. Jarvis, 16 Clayton-street, Palmyra, Standard sedan. (reference)
1939 Vehicle Registration. 40609: A. Jarvis, 16 Clayton-st., East Fremantle, Hudson sedan. (reference)
1946 Engagement. Mr and Mrs. A. Jarvis, 16 Clayton-street, East Fremantle, take pleasure in announcing the engagement of their only daughter Jessie, to William, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ricketts, 106 Holland-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 City Auction Mart, cor. Murray and Queen st., Tuesday, May 4, at 11 o'clock at the City Auction Mart, under Warrant of Execution in the Local Court of Western Australia held in Perth between Skipper Bailey Motor Company limited, Plaintiff, and Aubrey Edgar Lyle Jarvis, of 16 Clayton-st., East Fremantle, Defendant. Unless the above warrant be previously satisfied W. H. Walmsley, Bailiff, Local Court, Fremantle, will cause to be sold by public auction at City Auction Mart… (reference)
1948 For sale S.T.C. mantel model dual-wave set, perfect condition. 16 Clayton-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 Engagement. Maurine, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig, of 26 Albert-street, North Perth, to Lyle, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jarvis, of 16 Clayton-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1949 Divorces Granted. The following decrees nisi were granted by Chief Justice Sir John Dwyer today, the petitioners being named first in each instance. James Edward Clarence Durnin, of Clayton-st., East Fremantle. v. Dulcie Durnin and Aubrey Edgar Jarvis, both of Quairading. Ground: Adultery. (reference)
1949 Divorces Granted. The following divorces were granted today by Mr. Justice Wolff—...Lilian Jessie Jarvis, of East Fremantle, and Aubrey Edgar Lyle Jarvis of Quairading. Ground: Adultery with Dulcie Le Feaver Durnin, of Quairading. (reference)
1950 Autocycle, 1949, new condition, Malvern Star. 16 Clayton-st., East Fremantle, Sunday morning. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1928 - 1946: Jarvis, Aubrey E. L.
1947 - 1949: Jarvis, Mrs Lillian.
