89 King Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Federation Villa with Queen Anne Influences

No. 89 (previously was no. 173) King street is a single-storey cottage constructed of limestone and rendered brick with a hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style with later modifications. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and a part-width bullnosed roof verandah. The half-timbered gable bay features a double hung sash window flanked by side lights. Above the window is a bullnosed sunhood. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts. A spindle frieze and vertical timber balustrade span between the posts. The balustrade replaces a St Andrews cross balustrade.

HISTORY

1911 Birth on October 31, at 173 King-street, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Armstrong—a son. All well (reference)
1925 Death on October 1, at Fremantle Hospital, Edna Eileen Armstrong, dearly beloved only daughter of James and Elizabeth Armstrong, and sister of Alfred, Reginald, Leonard and Frederick, of 173 King street, East Fremantle; aged 17 years and ll months. (reference)
1939 Death on June 11, suddenly at her residence, 173 King-street East Fremantle. Mary Giles Jeffrey widow of the late John Jeffrey, and loving mother of Harold, Alice and the late Jack and Vivian Jeffrey. (reference)
1952 Employers' Claims Name 72 Unionists; The 72 men against whom four Fremantle employers are claiming a total of nearly £6,200 damages are members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union or of the Boilermakers' Society. The employers are alleging that the men first failed, in breach of their contracts of service, to engage in their employment and then unlawfully left their employment and subsequently failed to present themselves. It is claimed that as a result the employers, who had to fulfil contracts for ship repair and maintenance, suffered loss, damage and inconvenience. Addresses given on the summonses show that the men, although working in Fremantle, did not all live there, but came from widely-scattered parts of the metropolitan area. Some are thought to have since moved and the serving of the 72 summonses may present a problem to bailiffs. The names and addresses of the 72 men, as given on the summonses, are: L. Armstrong, 89 King-street, East Fremantle. (reference)