ARCHITECTURE
Interwar Bungalow w Federation Influences
No 16 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in painted brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. A vertical timber balustrade spans between the posts. The gable bay features a set of casement windows and a sunhood. There is a central door flanked by a further set of casement windows. The lower walls are painted brick and the upper walls are rendered.
The place retains its form and most of its details. The original tiled roof has been replaced with corrugated iron sheeting.
HISTORY
1946 Wharf Accident. James Keogh (62), of Oakover street, East Fremantle, suffered injuries to his left shoulder and his head yesterday when he fell about 12ft. to the floor while working on a stack of wool at Victoria Quay. A St.John ambulance took him to Fremantle Hospital where he was admitted for treatment. His condition is not serious. (reference)
1949 Mr. and Mrs. J. Keogh, of Oakover-street, East Fremantle, have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their elder daughter, Mary Ursula, to Roger Andrew, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Molloy, of Queen-Street, Fremantle. (reference)
1950 Mr. and Mrs. J. Keogh, of 16 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, wish to announce the marriage of their second daughter, Winifred Joan, of General Hospital, Gladstone, Queensland, to Hilton Birkitt, of Gladstone, on January 5, at R.C. Church, Gladstone. (reference)
1953 Deceased Estates. Notice to Creditors and Claimants. James Keogh, late of 16 Oakover-street East Fremantle-Waterside Worker. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1928 - 1953: Keogh, James
