ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Bungalow with Federation Influences
No 25 Walter Street is a single-storey house constructed in limestone and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part-width return hip roofed porch. A section to the south of the porch has been enclosed in weatherboards. The porch is supported on square columns. The gable bay jetties over the wall plane and features a pair of double hung sash windows under a tiled awning. There is a central door flanked by double hung sash windows. The place sits on limestone foundations. The roofscape features a rendered chimney and finials.
HISTORY
1933 Cream and Nickel Bedstead and wire, clean, 25/. 25 Walter-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1939 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. Joseph Ivan Macmillan, of 25 Walter-street, East Fremantle, are respectfully informed that the remains of his late dearly beloved wife Dorcas Pretoria, loved mother of Ivan, Joseph and Gweneth, will be interred in the Methodist portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery. (reference)
1942 Singer 8 Roadster, good condition, nice appearance, sacrificed for £32/10/ cash. Apply 25 Walter-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1945 Six K.C. Ducks, 2 Drakes, £2/5/; 2 Muscovy Ducks, prime for Xmas. 7/6 each. 25 Walter-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1950 Lost gent's chrome Watch, Wed. 13th, possibly between traffic bridge and 25 Walter-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1954 For having failed to stop before entering a major road...James William Nixon, of Walter-street, East Fremantle… (reference)
1954 Thirty people were fined a total of £105 in the Perth Police Court yesterday on charges of speeding...Fined £3;...James William Nixon, of Walter-road, East Fremantle… (reference)
RESIDENTS
1933 - 1935: Hill, Mrs. E. L.
1935 - 1939: McMillan, Joseph J.
1939 - 1942: Green, Frederick
1942 - 1949: Nixon, James William
