17 Hubble Street

17 Hubble Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Late Victorian / Early Federation, Villa w Gothic / Queen Anne Influences

No. 17 (previously was no. 35) Hubble street is a single storey cottage in limestone and brick construction with a hipped and gabled decramastic tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically planned with a gabled thrust bay and part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and pairs of double hung sash windows. The thrust bay also features a pair of double hung sash windows. All reveals have brick quoins.

HISTORY

1929 Honorable Mention Recipe Apple Mould. Boil one pound of sugar in a teacup of water for five minutes. Then add two pounds of apples, weighed after being peeled and cored. Stew until the mixture is quite stiff. Pour into a mould, allow, to set, then turn out and serve with cream or custard. Miss D. Brown, 35 Hubble-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1932 Prizes Won. Mr. K. Brown, 35 Hubble-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1934 Prizes Won. Miss Lilyanne Brown, 35 Hubble-street, East Fremantle: If I had the luck to win the State sweep I'd say 'Fortune has smiled and Miss Fortune's asleep.' (reference)

1950 Death on March 2 at Mt. Lawley, Emily Langley, of 17 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, widow of the late William Langley, loved mother of Ruby (Mrs. F. Pratt, Melbourne), Bertram. Clem, Pearl (Mrs. J. Kidson Hunter), Cora (Mrs. A. Dyke), and William, mother-in-law of Lily and Wyn, aged 74 years... (reference)

RESIDeNTS

1909: Stringer, Hedley

1911 - 1914: Cann, Frank

1915 - 1917: Williams, Rodger D.

1918 - 1920: Muir, James

1921 - 1936: Brown, Mrs. Daisy

1936 - 1939: Eggleston, Frederick G.

1939 - 1940: Houlahan, John & Eggleston, Frederick G.

1940 - 1949: Langley, Mrs. Emily

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