39 Canning Highway — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

No 39 Canning Highway is a single storey house constructed in limestone and rendered masonry with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with three openings. There is a central door flanked by replacement French doors. The facade features a full width bull-nosed roofed verandah on timber posts with a concrete floor. Steps lead down to the garden. The roofscape features two brick chimneys. The place has been modified, but retains its basic form. The lot has been subdivided and a residence constructed to the rear.

HISTORY

1914 Death On May 10, at his late residence, No 39 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Joseph Garbutt, of the Traffic Department, W.A. Government Railways, beloved husband of Nurse Garbutt, aged 57 years. (reference)
1915 Death On September 8, heart failure, Florence Matilda, beloved wife of Roger McKinnon, daughter of Mary and the late Joseph Garbutt, of ‘Hinton’, 39 Canning road, East Fremantle, and sister of Mrs. W. Stammers (Bullfinch) and Netta Garbutt, aged 25 years. (reference)
1928 Memorial: In loving memory of our dear husband and grandfather, Harry Bovell, who departed this life on October 5, 1908. (reference)
1934 Death On November 1, suddenly, at her residence, 39 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Mary Garbutt, widow of the late Joseph Garbutt, loving mother of Elizabeth (Mrs. W. J.Stammers, East Fremantle), Marie (Mrs. H. Abbott, Sydney, N.S.W.), Sydney (Auckland, N.Z.), and the late Florence (Mrs. R. McKinnon); and grandmother of Gwen McKinnon, Rita, Jack, Ella and Ken Stammers and Betty Abbott; aged 69 years. (reference)
1940 Birth On December 13, at Bundi-Kudja Hospital, Beaconsfield, to Mr. and Mrs. Sid Thomas, of Canning-road, East Fremantle - daughter (Beverley Janice). Both well. (reference)