ARCHITECTURE
Interwar, Bungalow w Federation Influences
No 27 Irwin Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gabled thrust bay and a full width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah extends over the gable bay and is supported on timber posts. The half-timbered gable bay features a set of casement windows. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by side lights and windows.
HISTORY
1938 Lost. Friday. Rome-rd or Birdwood Circus, Handbag, containing money and spectacles; reward, returning to 27 Irwin-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1944 Lost. pair Spectacles, Saturday night, tram stop. opp Leopold Hotel. Reward. Carey, 27 Irwin-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1945 Lost, Friday, pair Horn-rimmed Spectacles, Fremantle or E. Fremantle; double sight. Apply 27 Irwin-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
1947 Death on Nov. 22, suddenly at his residence, 27 Irwin-st., East Fremantle, Hugh Carey, dearly beloved husband of Edith Amy Carey, loving father of Hector and fond father-in-law of Poppy and grandfather of Neil. Age 68 years. Carey.—Friends of the late Mr. Hugh Carey of Messrs. Spicers and Detmold Limited, Fremantle... (reference)
RESIDENTS
1917 - 1949: Carey, Hugh
