152 — Houses of East Freo — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

This property is currently listed as a Category A on the Municipal Inventory.

HISTORY

1940 Roman Catholic Church. Tenders are invited for the erection of the first portion of the complete design of a Roman Catholic Church at the corner of Canning-highway and Preston Point-road, East Fremantle. Plans prepared by Messrs. Howard Bonner and Tracey provide for a brick building about 84ft. deep and 48ft. wide, which will include a nave with side aisles, a narthex, and a baptistry, with a choir gallery over the entrance. The church will accommodate 384 worshippers, but the complete design provides for 600. The exterior will be in plain brickwork except the entrance, which will be finished in cream cement. Internally the church will have a cream brick dado 5½ ft. high and plaster above. A flat-pitch asbestos roof will be constructed. (reference)
1940 Church Opening. The new Church of the Immaculate Conception erected at the corner of Canning-highway and Preston Point-road, East Fremantle, will be blessed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth Dr. Prendiville at 9 a.m. tomorrow. His Grace will preside at Solemn High Mass immediately after the Blessing. The new church has been built at a cost of £3500. (reference)
1952 Death on Dec. 13, of Kathleen Mary Reilly, cousin of Rev. Father J. J. O'Mahoney (Wagin), Mother M. Attracts (Loreto Convent, Nedlands), Gerard and Rev. Father K. O'Mahoney (Japan). (reference)
1953 They Were Wed. Evans — Corrigan. A wedding which created more than usual interest was solemnised at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at East Fremantle, on Friday afternoon last when Miss. Dorothy Margaret Corrigan married Mr. Robert Irwin Evans. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father O'Callaghan, an old friend of the bride's family, who also later acted as Chairman at the reception. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1909 - 1910: Parker, Horace H. (town clerk E. F.)

1918 - 1920: Ryan, Mrs Annie

1922 - 1924: Armstrong, Arthur

1925 - 1926: Kenworthy, Herbert H.

1927: Vacant

1928 - 1930: Houston, Frank T.

1931 - 1932: Wright, J. Mason

1933 - 1938: Boyle, Miss. A.

1938 - 1941: Vacant

1941 - 1943: East Fremantle Roman Catholic Church

1944: East Fremantle Roman Catholic Church (Reverend J J O’Mahoney)

1945 - 1949: East Fremantle Roman Catholic Church

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ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War / Gable Porch House Bungalow

No 152 George Street is a single-storey house constructed in timber framing, weatherboard and fibrous cement cladding with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a very simple expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and a part-width verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. There is a central door flanked by casement windows. The gable bay features a high level vent and a set of double hung sash windows under a sun hood.

HISTORY

1906 The East Fremantle Well Fatality—Recovery Of The Body. The body of the unfortunate contractor, Thomas Ryan, who was buried in a well in Canning-road, East Fremantle, on Friday morning, was not recovered until 7.30 on Saturday evening. The corpse was visible at 9.30 on Friday night, but owing to a second fall of earth, and the fact that the body was held down by a quantity of the timber which had come away from the sides, it could not be removed. A large number of volunteers worked throughout Friday night and all day Saturday, but owing to the treacherous nature of the ground, the utmost care had to be exercised. As it was a man named Richard Branson, while working in the sand outside the "drum," suddenly disappeared and but for the prompt manner in which an other worker came to his assistance, he would have been totally buried in the drift. He was buried up to his mouth in the sand, and the workers were unable to liberate him until more than half-an-hour had elapsed. When brought to the surface, Ryan's body was found to be badly crushed, both legs being broken in several places. Yesterday morning an inquest on the remains was opened before Mr. R. Fairbairn, R.M., and a jury, and was adjourned to Thursday next, at 2.30 o'clock. The funeral which took place at the Fremantle Cemetery yesterday afternoon, was attended by a large number of people, including the Mayor of East Fremantle (Mr. W. C. Angwin), and Councillors Farrington and Fordham. The chief mourners were-the widow of deceased… Robert Wanless, and Thomas Ryan. (reference)