ARCHITECTURE
Federation with Queens Anne Influences
No 39 Moss Street is a single-storey house constructed in tuck-pointed brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gable thrust bay and a part-width return skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts with post brackets. It terminates at the gable thrust bay. The north section of the verandah has been enclosed. The half-timbered gable bay jetties over a bay window. There is a central located front door flanked by sidelights and a set of casement windows. The roofscape features rendered chimneys. There are string courses to the facade.
HISTORY
1915 Lost, young white Tom Cat, blue eyes, vicinity Moss-st. Reward on returning to Mrs. Roy, Villa Role, Moss-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1923 Witness in court case. Donald Fletcher Carbarns, produce merchant at Fremantle, said he had a conversation with Miss Fletcher, the previous witness, and in consequence he took delivery of a small truck of wheat containing 87 bags of wheat from Nangeenan about December 11 last. He produced a copy of a credit note which had been handed to Miss Fletcher... (reference)
1938 Car and garage belonging to racehorse owner D. F. Carbarns were destroyed by fire this afternoon in Canning-road, East Fremantle. Mr. Carbarns, who owns Tetrury and other well-known gallopers, is to leave in the Ceramic tomorrow night for a world tour. (reference)
1934 The funeral of the late Mr. Leonard Arthur Norris, of 39 Moss-street, East Fremantle… Mr. Norris was born at McKay, Queensland, and when his education was completed joined the staff of Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., at Normanton, Queensland. He was transferred to Fremantle 30 years ago and after three years service went to the Geraldton branch, where he stayed for 20 years. Subsequently he became accountant at the Fremantle office and he retained that position until his retirement owing to ill-health about three years ago, having been in the service of the company for 37 years. Mr. Norris was a member of the East Fremantle, Bowling Club… (reference)
1937 He’s Brought The Ring. Elva, elder daughter of Mrs. C. Norris, and the late Mr. L. A. Norris, of 39 Moss-street, East Fremantle, to Wallace Keith, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W Stuart, of East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1915- 1918 Roy, Ted M.
1919 Evans, Charles
1920- 1923 Carbarns, Donald F., "Villa Role"
1924-1925 Hockley, Harold Fredk
1926: George S. Kelly
1927: Malcolm Buchan
1928 - 1936: Leonard Arthur Norris
1936 - 1944: Mrs. Constance M. Norris
1945 - 1949: Edward Taylor
