30 Silas Street

30 Silas Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation Domestic Carpenter

No. 30 (previously was no. 50) Silas street is a single storey house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a hipped corrugated iron roof. The place is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by sidelights and sets of three casement windows. The facade features a full width broken back roofed verandah. The verandah is supported square timber posts with a decorative frieze. There is a gablet over the verandah entry.

HISTORY

1933 Marriage. Dulcie May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hall, of 50 Silas-street, East Fremantle, to Roy Gilberston, only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. C. G. White, of 25 Silas-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

1936 Vehicle Registrations: 27,115: H. T. B. Ball (sic), 50 Silas-street; Fremantle, Vauxhall (reference)

1954 Death on Feb. 28 at Fremantle, Romily Hall, dearly beloved husband of Evelyn, of 30 Silas-street, East Fremantle, devoted father of Dulcie (Mrs. White), Hilda (Mrs. Cary), Romily, Eileen (Mrs. James) and Harold...aged 77 years. Sleep on, dad. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1930 - 1947: Hall, Romily

1949: Hurren, James

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