ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Interwar Federation Domestic Carpenter
No 23 Fraser Street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. It is symmetrically composed with a full width return bullnose roof verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts with a decorative frieze. The verandah has been extended east to form a carport. There is a central door flanked by single pane double hung sash windows. The roofscape features a pair of tall painted chimneys.
HISTORY
1925 Wedding In St. John's Church, Fremantle, recently, Miss Dorothy Mickle, eldest daughter of Mrs. C. J. Mickle, of East Fremantle, and the late David Mickle, was married to Mr. Herbert Legg, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Legg. (reference)
1949 We, Norman George Tyler, of 193 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Manager, Ernest Melville MacMillan Purdie, of 7 Windsor-road, East Fremantle, plumber, and Herbert Alfred Legg of Fraser street, East Fremantle, mechanic— Trustees of or persons thereunto authorised by East Fremantle Lawn Tennis Club do hereby give notice that we are desirous that such club should be incorporated under the provisions of The Associations Incorporation Act, 1895. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1909 - 1949: Legg, Herbert M
