160 Preston Point Road

160 Preston Point Road (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War

Inter-War Californian Bungalow

No 160 Preston Point Road is a single-storey house constructed in limestone and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War California Bungalow style. The place sits on a corner lot that addresses both Preston Point Road and Gordon Street. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gable bay and a gable roofed porch. The half-timbered porch is supported on pairs of Tuscan columns set on piers. The half-timbered gable bay features a bay window under a tiled awning. There is an addition to the west in the same plane as the gable bay. The addition features another bay window. There is front door with sidelights under the porch. A broad set of steps leads down to the driveway from the porch. The place sits on limestone foundations. The roofscape features finials.

HISTORY

1948 Birth on November 20, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Karlovsky, of 160 Preston Point road, East Fremantle—a daughter. Both well. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1946 - 1949: Mrs. Jessie Karlovsky

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160 Marmion Street

160 Marmion Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter / Post-War, California Bungalow

No. 160 (previously was no. 233) Marmion street is a single-storey house constructed in rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War California Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with an offset half-timbered gabled porch. The porch is supported on masonry piers. A balustrade spans between the piers and the porch has been partially filled in with windows. There is a central door flanked by sets of casement windows.

HISTORY

1936 Funeral The Late Constable E. P. Prosser. The interment took place in the Karrakatta Cemetery on January 8 last of Constable Edgar P. Prosser, of the Police Department, Geraldton, who lost his life while saving that of his son, Kevin, in a sad drowning accident at Geraldton on January 5. The deceased was born at Laverton, and joined the police force in 1929, and is survived by his widow, one son and two daughters...The chief mourners were Mrs, Prosser (wife), Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Prosser (father and mother), Messrs. Thomas and Jack Prosser (brothers). (reference)

RESIDENTS

1938 - 1949: Prosser, Thomas E.

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