ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Inter-War
Bungalow with Federation Influences
No 34 May Street is a single-storey house constructed in limestone, brick and rendered brick with a hipped tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a full-width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts. A timber fretwork frieze and timber balustrade span between the posts. The house is set above limestone foundations. The front facade features sets of casement windows. The entry door is located under the return verandah. The roofscape features a render capped chimney and finials.
HISTORY
1930 Birth on February 5, at 34 May-street, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Harwood—a son. Both well. (reference)
1942 Struck By Cars. Stanley Graham Harwood, a soldier, of 34 May-street, East Fremantle, was in 2 vehicular accidents on Saturday night. About 6 pm he was driving a car that knocked down a soldier in a crosswalk in Hay street, Perth. The pedestrian soldier appeared to be uninjured. About 11pm a car that Harwood was driving struck a pole at the west end of the Causeway. Molly Scott (20) and Jean Thompson (18), both of Midland Junction, who were passengers in the car, were treated at the Perth Hospital for minor injuries.(reference)
1952 On Aug. 14, suddenly, at Fremantle, Eileen Foster, dearly loved wife of Bert Harwood, of 34 May-st., East Fremantle, loving mother of Stanley, Cliff and Geoff, daughter of the late Mr. and the late Mrs. J. A. Hicks, of Fremantle and Kalgoorlie, and loving sister of Vera (Mrs. Bainbridge), Ilma (Mrs. Freeman), Muriel (deceased), Harry (deceased), Terence, Percy, Frederic, Eudoia (Mrs. R. R. Harwood) and Leslie. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1919 - 1949: Harwood, George E.
