ARCHITECTURE
Federation, Georgian Domestic Carpenter
No 29 May Street is a single-storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibrous cement cladding with an ‘M’ format corrugated iron roof. The place is asymmetrically planned with a part-infilled verandah. The facade features a full-width skillion roofed verandah supported on timber posts. The north portion of the verandah has been filled in. There is a central door flanked by a casement window.
HISTORY
1936 Car Out of Control. Crash Through Shop Window. Getting out of control while being turned in Market-street, Fremantle, last night a motor car backed across the footpath and crashed through a shop window. The motor car, which is owned by Norman Bunsell, of 45 Market-street, was being driven by Miss Katherine Hanafan, of 29 May-street, East Fremantle. After making some purchases at a shop Miss Hanafan entered the car, which was parked on the east side of the street, and commenced to turn the car around. She could not make a complete turn and so reversed. The car began to travel backwards rapidly and, in an endeavour to stop, Miss Hanafan pulled on the hand brake. Before she could stop the car, however, it mounted the footpath and the rear of the car crashed through a plate glass window. The window into which the car crashed was portion of premises known as Wilkinson's Dining Room, at 58 Market street… (reference)
1940 Baby Championship. Photographs of Competitors. Great interest is being taken in the Baby Championship which is being conducted in aid of the funds of the Press Patriotic Queen (Miss Margaret Longmore). See photo(right) of Kevin Norman Mathews, aged 15 months, of 29 May street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1947 Mrs. M. Christensen, of 32 Robinson-street, Subiaco, has pleasure in announcing the engagement of her daughter, Patricia (Pat), to Robert Alfred, third son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mathews, of 29 May-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1947 "Two-Up" Players Fined. Charged with having taken part in "two-up" in the bush off Stock-road, Melville, on Friday afternoon, ten men appeared before Messrs. J. E. Gustafson and R. G. Lynn, J.P’s, in the Fremantle Police Court on Saturday. Three who pleaded not guilty were remanded for eight days, and seven who pleaded guilty were each fined £1 with 1/ costs. The men fined were: Robert Henry Matthews (58), pensioner of 29 May street, East Fremantle… (reference)
RESIDENTS
1909 - 1911: Seeber, Henry
1912 - 1940: Patrick, Hanafan
1940 - 1949: Robert, Matthews
