ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War, Bungalow w/ Federation & Arts & Crafts Influences
No 24 Windsor Road is a single storey house constructed in limestone, brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. There is a substantial two storey addition to the rear. It is a very fine and unusual expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a full width return broken back roofed verandah. The verandah terminates at gable bays at both ends. It is supported on timber posts. A timber balustrade spans between the posts. The gable bay extends above the verandah and features roughcast render detailing and a set of four casement windows. The entry door is located on the north elevation under the return verandah. The roofscape is a key part of the styling and features gables and tall rendered chimneys. The place sits on limestone foundations. The lower walls are face brick and upper walls are rendered.
HISTORY
1907 Mr. W. A. Murphy Chosen. A Quiet Poll. The election for the position of Mayor of Fremantle took place yesterday, and after an orderly and quiet poll, Sir W. A. Murphy was elected, securing 64 more votes than his opponent, Mr. Arthur Lucraft… (reference)
William Alfred Murphy (1 March 1858 – 11 October 1929) was an English-born Australian politician. Murphy moved to Fremantle in Western Australia around the time of the conclusion of his New South Wales parliamentary term. He worked for the Customs Department for eight years before going into business as a customs agent. He was Mayor of Fremantle from 1907 to 1909, and was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1910 to 1911, representing the electorate of Fremantle. He spent much time assisting charitable causes at Fremantle, where he was for some time secretary of the Ugly Men's Association. When he died he lived at 94 Hampton Road, Fremantle. (reference)
1907 Sparks of Sport. Mr. William A. Murphy, known in the “Government Gazette," as " Billy," and who will be known to posterity as Fremantle " Weak," has given up ball punching, and decorative fireworks as recreations, and taken on bowls. The spectacle of Billy “heading 'em" on the East Fremantle green, is the best advt. the game has ever received. (reference)
1930 The late Mrs. Muriel Amy Airey, wife of Mr. John Smith Airey (chief officer of the m.v. Koolinda, and of Windsor-road, East Fremantle), and daughter of Mr. G. P. Hall, of Adelaide, South Australia, died on Sunday last at the early age of 27 years. A particularly sad feature of her death was the fact that her husband was at sea at the time. (reference)
1932 In honor of the approaching marriage of their daughter Sheila to Mr. John S. Airey, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lightfoot, of Subiaco, recently entertained a number of friends at the Karrakatta Club Hall. (reference)
1932 Marriage of Miss Sheila Lightfoot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lightfoot, of Hamilton-road, Subiaco, to Mr. John S. Airey, son of Captain and Mrs. Airey, of Windsor-road, East Fremantle, was solemnised at St. George's Cathedral by Canon Collick on November 23. (reference)
1932 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Airey returned last week by the Katoomba after having spent their honeymoon in Sydney. (reference)
1933 On Monday evening Captain and Mrs. John Airey entertained a number of friends at the ball held on board the State m.v. Koolinda. Mrs. Airey received her guests wearing a frock of ivory satin and a crimson chiffon velvet cape. The party included Doctor and Mrs. Campbell Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Samuels, Mr. and Mrs. H. Green, Mr. and Mrs. J. Naylor; Misses Daphne Smith and Toddles Dunn, and Messrs. Albert Page and Bill Dawson. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1909: Murphy, William A.
1910 - 1912: South, Norman
1913 - 1917: Fontaine, Ernst F.
1918 - 1949: Airey, Capt. John J. J.
1965 Elsie Morrison lived at No 24 Windsor Road, she and her husband and children lived there until about 2009. In 1965 she was joint tenants with Eva Chalmers for the house next door at no 26 Windsor Road. Eva Chalmers was possibly the mother of Elsie Morrison.
