ARCHITECTURE
Inter-War Half Hip Porch House w Arts & Crafts Influences
No 74 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Porch style. It is asymmetrically composed with an offset gable roofed porch. The half-timbered porch is supported on Tuscan columns set on rendered piers. A balustrade spans between the piers. The porch is flanked by sets of casement windows under tiled awnings. There is a central door flanked by a set of casement windows. The place sits on limestone foundations. The roofscape features a brick chimney. A set of masonry steps leads from the porch to the verandah.
HISTORY
1939 General. Lost. Racing Bicycle Wheel. Friday night, Oakover-st. Please return 74 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. Reward. (reference)
1939 Motors, Bicycles, Etc. For sale, £3/10/, Rex Acme Motor Cycle, 32 good tyres and tubes. Apply 74 Oakover-st., East Fremantle (Sunday). (reference)
1945 For Sale. Child’s Car with dicky seat, suit child 3-6 years. Reconditioned, as new. Apply 74 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1949 Motors, Bicycles, Etc. Chrysler 66 Roadster, sound throughout, good appearance, £240 or best offer, owner buying new car, 74 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1949 Motors, Bicycles, Etc. Chrysler 66 Roadster, sound throughout, smart appearance, well shod, must sell, bargain. £160. 74 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1936 - 1949: Wilson, Jack W.
