ARCHITECTURE
Federation, Queen Anne Bungalow w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 19 Hamilton Street - ‘Alloway’, is a single storey house constructed in brick, limestone and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style with Arts and Crafts decorative motifs. The place has been simplified with later alterations. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gabled thrust bay and a full width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah extends across the gable bay and is supported on Tuscan columns. A wrought steel balustrade spans between the columns. The half-timbered gable bay features a pair of double hung sash windows. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by double hung sash windows. The southern part of the return verandah has been enclosed with glazed louvres. The roofscape features render capped chimneys. The original detail has to some extent been lost by rendering.
HISTORY
This is the home of the Owen family from 1926- 1950 and you can read the story of John Owen, pioneering Oncologist and his two DR brothers in the Notable People section.
1926 Registration. 11334: E. A. M. Owen, 19 Hamilton-street. East Fremantle, Chevrolet. (reference)
1930 Dr. J. Lewis Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen, of 19 Hamilton-street, East Fremantle, is returning from Edinburgh with his wife and family by the Esperance Bay, due at Fremantle on Thursday next. (reference)
1931 Death on January 31, at his late residence, ‘Alloway’, 19 Hamilton-street, East Fremantle, John Owen, dearly beloved husband of Margaret Owen, and loving father of Margaret (Mrs. H. T. Richards, Koolanooka), John (Edinburgh) and Ivor, Ellis, Vaughan, Lloyd, Bronwen and David Owen (East Fremantle); aged 77 years. (reference)
1934 Engagement. The engagement is announced between Bronwen, younger daughter of Mrs. J. Owen, 19 Hamilton-street, East Fremantle, and Adrian, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones, York-road, Greenmount. (reference)
1950 Pen Friends. Patricia Owen (19 Hamilton-street, East Fremantle). Welcome to our Junior Club, dear. Your name has been entered in the Birthday Book, unfortunately too late to be acknowledged in this year's Pages, but definitely it will appear next March. Do let us hear from you again. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1926 - 1931: Owen, John
1932 - 1947: Owen, Mrs. Margeret
1950: Owen, David (medical practitioner)
