ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War, Californian Bungalow w Federation Influences
No 58 Fortescue Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. A vertical timber balustrade spans between the posts. There is a central front door flanked by casement windows. The half-timbered thrust bay features casements under a sunhood. The lower walls are face brick and the upper walls rendered. The main roof features a half-timbered gable.
HISTORY
1940 Birth on March 6, at St. Helen's Private Hospital, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Black, 58 Fortescue-street, East Fremantle—a son. Both well. (reference)
Ivy is the sister of Fremantle photographer Frank R Peterson—see his story under Notable people
1950 Crank Handle Strikes Man. When a diesel motor he was cranking backfired at the new South Fremantle power station about 11.30 a.m. yesterday, Alfred Fredrick Black (41), married, leading handfitter, of Fortescue-street, East Fremantle, was struck on the head by the crank handle. He was taken to the Fremantle Hospital in a St. John' ambulance and was admitted with a fractured skull and abrasions to the face. His name was placed on the danger list and last night his condition was still reported to be serious. The motor he was cranking drives a compressor at the station. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1938 - 1949: Black, Alfred and Ivy
