ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Interwar, Domestic Carpenter
No 63 Fraser Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a representative expression of the Inter-War California Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a gable thrust bay and a gable roofed porch. The porch is supported on stout square columns set over limestone piers. An open pattern concrete balustrade spans between the piers. The porch roof extends over the gable bay. The gable bay features casement windows. To the west there is an integrally designed garage. The garage features a curved top parapet. The place sits on limestone foundations. The lower walls are face brick and the upper walls are rendered. The roofscape features a rendered chimney and finials.
HISTORY
1940 Ronald Millington (63 Fraser-street, East Fremantle) would like boy or girl penpals, living in the country, about 14 years of age, and interested in all general subjects. (reference)
1942 Marriage Betty Gwendoline, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Millington, of Fraser- street, East Fremantle to Clive Kingston (AIF returned), only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameron of Fremantle (late Education Department). (reference)
1945 “It is with mixed feelings that I write, as the wonderful news of the war in Europe having ended, and to know that I am one of thousands who lost their all and only relatives through the bombs of the Huns is rather a bewildering feeling, but, as one of our great writers' said "There is no pride in being knocked down, but in getting up again”' so here's chins up and hats off to the British...Our last evening was just "tops" everyone so happy and the unity of friendliness was quite evident, so what about it Fremantle new members? I am forwarding our monthly account for the Fremantle Virgilians Cot Fund. So with a cheerio to all of the Corner, I must close. Beaufort Bristol, Mrs. G. Millington, 63 Fraser-street, East Fremantle. PS. Enclosed please find £1/10/, being proceeds of Virgilian afternoon May 10, to be donated to POW fund. (reference)
1952 Visiting Judges. …Terriers, gun dogs, specials, litters and braces (sporting): Mr. R. H. Millington, East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1936 - 1952: Millington, Robert H.
