ARCHITECTURE
Federation / Domestic Carpenter
No. 88 (previously was no. 178) Sewell street is a single story cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a gabled format corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full width return hipped roofed verandah supported on timber posts. The original central entry door has been replaced with a window. This window is flanked by double hung sash windows. There is a skillion roofed addition to the north. The entry door has been relocated to this addition.
HISTORY
AIF 1915, Ernest Albert Williams (Regimental number 1797) Occupation Iron moulder, 88 Sewell, Single, Age at embarkation 20. Next of kin Arthur Williams.
AIF 1915, George Arthur Williams (duplicate) (Regimental number 4880) Occupation Plumber, 88 Sewell, Single, Age at embarkation 25. Next of kin Arthur Williams.
AIF 1916, James George Albury (Real spelling ALLBEURY) (Regimental number 3113) Occupation Printer's Devil, 88 Sewell Street, East Fremantle, Single, Age at embarkation 18. Next of kin Father: Spencer Charles Allbeury
1913 Birth on April 21, at Grosvenor Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Duff, of 178 Sewell-street, East Fremantle—a son. Both well. (reference)
1923 Birth on December 10, at Nurse Sheedy's Ocean View Maternity Hospital, Solomon-street, Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. Sid Wells, 178 Sewell-street, Fremantle—a son. (reference)
1937 The engagement is announced of Dorothy, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wells, 178 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, to Geoffrey, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Taylor, 1 Hampton-road, Fremantle. (reference)
1940 Birth on April 2, at St. Helen's, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Taylor, of School House, Korrelocking, and 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle—a son (Robert). Both well. (reference)
1945 Engagement. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crossland, of 35 Samson-street, Beaconsfield, have much pleasure in announcing the engagement of their only daughter Joy, to Sydney, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wells, of 88 Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1954 Fremantle Traffic. For having driven negligently, Sydney Allan Wells, of Sewell-street, East Fremantle, was fined £6… (reference)
“'My parents were Geoffrey and Dorothy Taylor, and I am Donald Taylor born in 1947 and 32 King Street was my first home. I now live in Canberra ACT. My maternal grandparents were Sidney and Ethel Wells who lived here at 88 Sewell St. I fondly recall riding my tricycle up the hill to their place, and maybe stopping for a lolly at the store on the corner of Sewell and George Sts.”' Donald Taylor 2019
RESIDENTS
1909 - 1914: Neurenheim, Mrs. Ernestine
1915: Crockett, Peter
1916: Williams, Albert
1917: Jewson, Robert W.
1918: Hitchcock, Joseph A.
1919: Smyth, Edward B.
1920 - 1942: Wells, Sidney A.
1942 - 1954: Taylor, Mrs. Dorothy
