ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Decorated porch House w Spanish Mission / Arts and Crafts Influences
No 21 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. The place addresses both Oakover Street and Millenden Street. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on rendered columns. A gable roofed porch is located central and marks the entry. The gable bays features a tapered chimney flanked by windows under sunhoods. There is a central door flanked by a pair of casement windows. The roofscape features tall rendered chimneys and finials.
HISTORY
Laurence Joseph Vick, known as ‘Joe’ was a colourful Fremantle identity. A Tally Clerk and well-known Bookmaker, he and his glamorous wife and daughters, lived at ‘Kilwinning’, 21 Oakover St., East Fremantle from 1931 until 1951. Read more about their story under Laurence ‘Joe’ Vick, under Notable people.
1934 Betting Charges. Pleas of guilty were entered by Joseph Laurence Vick (36), Edward John Knapp (32) and Alexander Maru (47) when they appeared in the Fremantle Police Court today to answer charges of having used and kept premises as common betting houses. (reference)
1936 Fined For Illegal Betting. Pleading guilty to a charge of having kept illegal betting houses, Laurence Joseph Vick (35), clerk, was fined £15. (reference)
1939 Three Men Fined. On charges of having obstructed pedestrian traffic, three men appeared before Mr. H. J. Craig, SM., in the Fremantle Police Court yesterday. Charged with having obstructed pedestrian traffic in Bannister-street, Fremantle, on August 12, John Thomas Vicks (36), clerk, of 325 High-street, Fremantle, was fined £1, with 4/6 costs. On a similar charge, Joseph Vicks (37), clerk, of 21 Oakover street, East Fremantle, was fined £2, with 4/6 costs. (reference)
1940 Drunken Driver Fined. A charge of having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor was admitted in the Fremantle Police Court yesterday by Laurence Joseph Vick, clerk. He was fined £7/10/, with 1/ costs. (reference)
1945 Engagement. The engagement is announced of Thais Nadine, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L J. Vick, 21 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, to Athol William (RAN), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Cullen, Strahan, Tasmania. (reference)
1951 Funeral Notice. The Friends of the late Mr. Laurence Joseph (Joe) Vick, of 21 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, and formerly of the 1st Australian Wireless Corps, 1st A.I.F., are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1931 - 1951: Vick, Laurence Joseph
