ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Domestic Carpenter Gable (Twinned) w Arts & crafts Influences
No. 26 (Previously know as No. 56) King Street is a single storey cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with prominent gable and part bullnosed verandah. There is a central door flanked by a single pane double hung sash window. The gable features the same window with a sunhood over it.
HISTORY
AIF 1915 Griffith John Owen (Regimental number 495) Occupation Grocer, 56 King Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia. Single, Age at embarkation 22. Next of kin Father, Griffith Owen, 56 King Street, East Fremantle AIF WW1 OWEN Griffith John served in the 28th Battalion, C Company NAA Record
1916 Death Notice. OWEN - on May 7, at 56 King-street, East Fremantle, dearly beloved husband of Catherine, and father of Minnie, Ethel, David, Signaller William E. (44th Battalion, Claremont); and Private Griffith J. Owen, (28th Battalion, A.I.F., at the front); aged 66 years. (reference)
1919 Marriage on April 12, at East Fremantle Presbyterian Church, Percival James, second son of Mrs. J. Barber, of East Fremantle, to Ethel Alvenia, second daughter of the late G. Owen and Mrs. G. Owen, of 56 King-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1924 Birth on July 27, at Hillcrest, North Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. D. Owen, 56 King-street. East Fremantle—a daughter (Margaret). Both well. (reference)
1927 Death Notice. On June 29, at Subiaco, Mrs (Tot) Merritt, the beloved niece of Mrs. C. Owen, 56 King-street, East Fremantle, and cousin of Ethel (Mrs. Clegg), Dave, Will, and Griff Owen. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1912 - 1916: Owen, Griffith
1917 - 1932: Owen, Mrs. Catherine
1933 - 1934: Gribble, E. W.
1934 - 1944: Foster, Cyril
