32 Oakover Street

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ARCHITECTURE

Interwar Bungalow Porch House

No 32 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in ruled ashlar rendered brick with a hipped tiled roof. It is a fair expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is symmetrically composed with a centrally located hipped thrust bay flanked by skillion roofed porches. The thrust bay features casement windows under a sunhood. The porches are supported on timber posts. The front door is located under the south porch and addresses the street. The door is flanked by a set of casement windows. 

HISTORY

1947 Food Prosecutions. Five offenders were fined by Mr. K. J. Dougall, S.M., in the Fremantle Police Court yesterday for breaches of the Pure Foods Regulations. ...M. Scott, of Oakover-Street Fremantle...fined £2 with costs. (reference)

1949 Marriage. The marriage, of Shirley Edith, youngest daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. J. E. Brand Big Bell, to Raymond George Scott, of 32 Oakover-street, East Fremantle. Will take place at Wesley Church, Fremantle, Saturday, January 8, at 5.30 p.m. (reference)

1950 Engagement. The engagement is announced of Joy, only daughter of Mrs. E. Scott, 32 Oakover-street. East Fremantle, to Hugh, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Knox, of Subiaco. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1931 - 1941: Andrews, John

1941 - 1949: Scott, George C.

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