ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Diagonal Plan Porch House Bungalow
No 41 Oakover 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 Inter-War Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts with post brackets. A vertical timber balustrade spans between the posts. A gable roof is located over the south section of the verandah. The half-timbered gabled bay features a set of casement windows under a sunhood. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by side lights and a set of casement windows. There are render string courses and decorative sills. The roofscape features a render capped chimney.
HISTORY
1933 Birth on December 1, at Nurse Bathgate's Staton-road, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Armstrong, of 41 Oakover-street, East Fremantle—a son (Noel Charles). (reference)
1934 Motos, Bicycles, etc. Harley and Sidecar, 1927, small milage, reconditioned and painted, new tyre, battery; £50 cash. 41 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1934 Lotteries Win. Australian Charities Consultation The following tickets were drawn yesterday for the ten special prizes of £5...872, 'We Four,' care A. Armstrong, 41 Oakover-street. East Fremantle. (reference)
1935 Passenger’s Arm Broken. About 7.20 p.m. on Sunday two motor cars collided at the intersection of George and King streets. East Fremantle. One was being driven westward along George-street by Alfred James Armstrong, of 41 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, and the other was being driven northward along King-street by Arthur Fish, of 168 Ellen-street, Fremantle. The only person hurt was Norman Chandler (about 26), married, of Oakover-street, who was in the back seat, of the car driven by Armstrong. He had his left forearm fractured. After being attended by a doctor he was allowed to go home. (reference)
1937 Situations Vacant. Respectable Housekeeper for working man's home, 4 children, school age. Apply 41 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1948 Lost and Found. Lost vicinity Riverside-drive, East Fremantle, Wed., child's hand Cart, disk, rubber tyred wheels. Reward. 41 Oakover-st. (reference)
1953 For Sale. Wedding Gown, tulle and lace, s.s.w. 41 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1929: Armstrong, Alf. James
