4 Glyde Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Post WWII Adapt. / Bungalow

No. 4 (previously was no. 16) Glyde street is a single storey house constructed in limestone and rendered brick with a hipped corrugated iron roof. It is an example of a Federation period house. It has been adapted in the immediate Post- World War II period and further adapted in the early twenty-first century. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door flanked by picture and side hung sash windows. The facade features a full width concrete roofed verandah supported by paired steel posts over a concrete floor. The verandah is set over a high rusticated stone foundation wall that incorporates a single garage. A long flight of steps with steel balustrades and handrails spans from the garden level to the verandah.

HISTORY

1916 Killed In Action. Tribute inserted in the Western Mail for the death in action of Private H. W. (Henry) Jenkin; killed around 3 September 1916 on the Western Front. Inserted by Bertha Owens, daughter of George Owens, 16 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, on 27 October 1916. This suggests a friendship between Henry Jenkin and Bertha Owens. It seems that Private Henry Jenkin lived at 10th Street Maylands where his mother lived. (reference)
1919 Death of George Owens, aged 66, on June 9, at his residence, 16 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, after a long illness. Husband of Mary Owens and father of Bertha, Clare, Mrs. J. M. Rees (East Fremantle), and Mrs. W. S. Buntine (Chili, South America), and Kekey Owens (Sydney). (reference)
1924 Death of Doris Rose, aged 14 months, infant daughter of J. and E. Hammersley and sister of Violet and Nell, on August 25th, at 16 Glyde-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1925 Marriage of William Henry (Hillberg) eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. (Oscar) Hillberg, 16 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, to Claribel Marion (Every) second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Every, 62 Stirling Street, Fremantle. (reference)
1927 Death of Robert Herbert Roy Townsend, husband of Dora Lucy Townsend, (nee Hillberg), of 16 Glyde-street, East Fremantle; aged 31, March 16, at Fremantle Hospital. (reference)
1936 Death notice for William John Collins, aged 57, on February 5, at Woorolloo Sanatorium. Husband of Ellen Mary Collins, of 16 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, Father of Tom, Myrtle, Jack, Dorothy, Bert and Gladys (deceased); father-in-law of Mick and Bob, and grandfather of Pat; aged 57. (reference)
1936 The Members of the Fremantle Lumpers Union are informed of the death of one of their members ‘late Comrade’, Mr. William John Collins, of 16 Glyde-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1946 Death notice for William Charles Ellis of 4 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, Husband of Ada and father of Bill. (reference)