20 Glyde Street

January 1, 2019

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Queen Anne Bungalow with Art Deco Adapt. Influences

No. 20 (previously was no. 38) Glyde street is single-storey house constructed of rendered masonry with a hipped concrete tiled roof. It is an example of a Federation period house adapted in the immediate Post-World War II period. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust bay and recessed wall. The facade features a full-width concrete roofed verandah that combines as an awning. The verandah is supported by masonry piers on a concrete floor. There is a centrally located front door flanked by a picture and side hung sash windows.

HISTORY

1911 Funeral Notice. The Members of above Union are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late Comrade, Bernard Cusack, to the place of interment, the Roman Catholic portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave the residence of his brother, Mr. Michael Cusack, No. 38 Glyde Street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1911 Bereavement. Hugh, Michael, and Mrs. Cusack, of 38 Glyde street, East Fremantle, wish to thank the Doctor and Nurses of the Fremantle Public Hospital for their kind attention to their brother while in that institution, and his fellow-workmates, the Harbour Trust employees, for their wreath... (reference).
1913 Death on November 16 at No 38 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, Thomas Michael, dearly beloved eldest son of Michael and Mary Cusack, aged 3 years. (reference)
1927 Death on October 28, at Perth, the result of an accident, Hugh, the beloved husband of Ruby Cusack, of 227 Hensman Road, Subiaco, and loving father of Thelma, Vaughan, and Peggy, brother of Mrs. P. Lynch, of North Fremantle, and Michael Cusack, of 38 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, aged 39 years. R.I.P. (reference)
1935 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. Michael Cusack, of the Fremantle Harbour Trust, and Mrs. Cusack, of 38 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, arranged respectfully informed that the remains of their late dearly beloved eldest daughter, Kathleen Mary, will be interred in the Roman Catholic portion of the Fremantle Cemetery. The Funeral will leave their residence, 38 Glyde-street East Fremantle… (reference)
1937 Engagement. The engagement is announced of Edith, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. McGillivray, of 66 Swansea-street, Victoria Park, to Bernard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Cusack, of 38 Glyde-street, East Fremantle. (reference).
1942 Marriage. The marriage will take place in the Church of Mary Immaculate, East Fremantle, at 9 am (Nuptial Mass) on Saturday, October 24 between Mary, only daughter of Mr and Mrs M. Cusack. 20 Glyde-street. East Fremantle and Warrant Officer Lea Devereux, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Devereux of Nungarin. (reference)
1952 Death on Dec. 23, peacefully, at her residence 20 Glyde-street, East Fremantle, Mary Cusack, dearly beloved wife of Michael Cusack, loving mother of Bernie, Tom, Mary (Mrs. L. Devereux), Pat and the late Kathleen and Thomas, mother-in-law of Edie, Ann, Les, and Doreen, fond grandmother of 12 grandchildren and loved sister-in-law of Elizabeth (Mrs.Lynch, Palmyra) aged 73 years. R.I.P. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1909 - 1952: Michael Cusack

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20 Oakover Street

January 1, 2019

20 Oakover Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War Diagonal Plan Bungalow Porch House w Federation Influences

No 20 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. The place is located on a corner lot that addresses both Oakover Street and Millenden Street. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah terminates at gable bays on both street elevations. It is supported on Tuscan columns set over piers. A rendered balustrade spans between the piers. A gable roof is located on the south side of the verandah. The gable bays features casement windows under sunhoods. There is a central door flanked by sidelights and a set of casement windows. The roofscape features tall rendered chimneys and finials.

HISTORY

1935 Vehicle Change of Ownership. 18,773: D. Doig to E. E. Nixon, 20 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, Chevrolet. (reference)
1936 New Bobby Bear Club members. Kathleen Nixon, 20 Oakover-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1936 Birth on January 13, at their private residence, 20 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nixon—a son (Jack). Both well. No visitors for seven days. (reference)
1942 Death on November 9, 1942, at his residence, Tambellup, Michael, dearly beloved brother of Jess, brother-in-law of Stan and fond uncle of Elsie and Alan (20 Oakover-street East Fremantle). (reference)
1948 Engagement. Lillian Elsie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Williams, 20 Oakover-street, East Fremantle, to George Anthony, third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bridge, 244 Rutland-avenue, Carlisle. (reference)
1950 Silver Wedding Anniversary. Williams-Maniter: The son, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Williams have great pleasure in announcing the 25th Anniversary of their parents' Wedding, which took place at Baptist Church, Albany, on September 4, 1925. Present address, 20 Oakover-street, East Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1934 - 1937: Nixon, J.

1938 - 1939: Young, William S.

1940 - 1943: Fowler, Thomas

1944 - 1950: Williams, George Stanley

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20 Moss Street

January 1, 2019

20 Moss Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Bungalow w Federation Influences

No 20 Moss Street is a single storey house constructed in tuck-pointed brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a full width hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts. The half-timbered, gable bay features a bay window with double hung sash windows. There is a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and a double hug sash window. There are string courses and dressings under the windows.

HISTORY

1924 Death on January 14 at her late residence, Moss-street, East Fremantle, Henrietta Oxbrow, dearly loved wife of Frank Charles Oxbrow and loving mother of Nance, Bettie, and Mollie; fond sister of Mr. Fred Thompson, and sister-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Oxbrow; aged 42 years. (reference)
1933 Death on August 17 at the Fremantle Hospital, Henry John Woolmington, dearly beloved husband of Janie Woolmington, of 20 Moss-street. East Fremantle, and loving father of Jack, Mary, Jean, Harry, Albert and Irene Woolmington; aged 60 years. R.I.P. (reference) The funeral of the late Mr. Henry John Woolmington, of 20 Moss-street, East Fremantle, took place at the Fremantle cemetery yesterday morning in the Roman Catholic portion. (reference)

In 1937 Jane Woolmington died. She was livinig at 76 East St. at the time. (reference)

1936 An inquest was held at the Fremantle Courthouse yesterday on the death of Dorothy Mona Owen (32), who died at the Fremantle Hospital on October 10 following injuries received when a van driven by Benjamin John Bolt collided with her bicycle at the intersection of High and Amherst streets. (reference)
1946 Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Richards, of 6 Brennan-street, Fremantle, take pleasure in announcing the engagement of their third daughter Betty Lorraine, to Fredrick William youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bolt, of 20 Moss-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1952 Death on Oct. 30 at Fremantle Hospital, Benjamin John Bolt, of 20 Moss-street, East Fremantle, dearly beloved son of Edward, loved step-son of Mabel, loved brother of Nellie, Ted, Fred and Ruth, fond brother-in-law of Betty and Jack. Peacefully sleeping. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1924: Oxbrow, Frank Charles

1925: Pierce, Alfred Leonard

1926 - 1927: Meridith, Charles

1928 - 1937: Woolmington, Henry

1937 - 1941: Bolt, Edward N.

1941 - 1944: Bolt, Edwin N.

1945 - 1949: Bolt, Edward N.

Joyce Sunderland

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20 Irwin Street

January 1, 2019

20 Irwin Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War / Bungalow Porch House w Arts & Crafts Influences

No 20 Irwin Street is a single storey house constructed in painted brick and rendered brick with a gable tiled roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War California Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and a part width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. A weatherboard clad gable extends above the verandah. The gable bay features a set of casement windows under a sunhood.

HISTORY

1929 Youth Charged. A youth nearly 18 years of age was charged by Detectives Blight and Flannigan in the Fremantle Children's Court this morning with having stolen a pair of gold sleeve links, a shirt and 5s-the property of Leonard G. Hart. It was stated that Hart's residence was broken into last Saturday morning. Defendant was placed on probation for two years. (reference)
1945 To Let. 4-roomed JWB, furnished. Stirling-highway, Leighton. garage, gas stove. £2/10/. Apply 20 Irwin-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
1948 Motor Vehicles Etc. Matchless. 1941 model, 350cc o.h.v. 20 Irwin-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1949 Motors, Bicycles, Etc. James 125cc, good condition, best offer. 20 Irwin-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
1949 Motors, Bicycles, Etc. Ariel square four, 1,000cc, good condition and appearance. 20 Irwin-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1951 For Sale. Bondwood Flattie, 7ft., as new, £12. 20 Irwin-st., E. Fremantle. (reference)
1951 For Sale. For sale. 3 heavyweight duck verandah Blinds, beds, 2 spring mattresses. Apply 20 Irwin-st., East Ftle. All in excellent condition. (reference)
1951 For Sale. German iron frame Piano, good condition. £200. 20 Irwin-st., East Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1929 - 1932: Hart, Leonard G.

1933 - 1934: Vacant

1934 - 1949: Pinniger, Mrs. E.

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20 Angwin Street

January 1, 2019

20 Angwin Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

No 20 Angwin Street is a single storey house constructed in limestone, painted brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Federation Bungalow style. It is asymmetrically composed with a full width return hip roofed verandah. A skillion roofed addition is located to the south of the verandah. The addition is a timber framed canopy that extends into the garden. The verandah is supported on timber posts with post brackets. A vertical timber balustrade spans between the posts. The roofscape features rendered capped chimneys. There are three sets of doors and hopper lights to the front façade. Walls are painted limestone with painted brick quoins.
The place retains its form and most of its details. The original tiles have been replaced with the current tiles. There are additions to south and rear. A carport has been added to the south.

HISTORY

1928 Miss Frances O'Donnell, L.A.B., L.T.C.L., Teacher of Pianoforte, Violin, and Harmony, resumes tuition on Wednesday, February 1. Pupils prepared for all exams. Linden, Angwin street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1928 On Tuesday evening, July 31, the Misses Frances and May O'Donnell, of Linden, Angwin-street, East Fremantle, were hostesses at a linen tea, given to Miss Jessie Gunnyon, whose marriage to Mr. P. Vaughan, of Victoria, will take place on August 22. The guests were entertained with music and games. The supper room was gaily decorated with streamers and balloons, Geraldton wax plants and sweet peas being used on the tables. (reference)
1938 Cyclist Injured. Collision with Car. When the bicycle he was riding collided with a car at the corner of Henderson-street and South-terrace, Fremantle, about 6.30 p.m. yesterday, David Charles Carr (25), married, of 128 George-street, East Fremantle, received injuries to the right leg and was taken by a St. John ambulance to the Fremantle Hospital, where he was detained for observation. His condition is not serious.The car was being driven along Henderson-street towards South Fremantle by T. A. O'Donnell, of 20 Angwin-street, Fremantle. Constable E. Gaull, of the Fremantle police, took particulars of the accident. (reference)
1945 Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Donnell have much pleasure in announcing the 40th Anniversary of their Marriage, which took place at All Hallows Church, Boulder City, on February 14, 1905, the Very Rev Dean Brennan officiating. Present address Angwin-street East Fremantle. (reference)
1947 Marriage on March 24, at St. Steven's Church, Sydney, May, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. O'Donnell, of Linden, Angwin-street, East Fremantle, to Mr. Alan Green, journalist, of Potts Point, Sydney, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Green, of Melbourne. (reference)
1950 Death on March 14, at Subiaco, Francis Arthur O'Donnell, late of 20 Angwin Street, East Fremantle,dearly beloved husband of Sarah, loved father of Frances (Mrs. F. J. Robinson, South Perth), May (Mrs. A. Green, Heathcote), and Arthur, East Fremantle. Aged 74 years. A patient sufferer at rest. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1909: Dixon, Walter K.

1911: Long, George

1912 - 1922: Robinson, Arthur

1923 - 1924: Smith, Frederick C.

1925: Corlson, Alfred Charles

1926: Parsons, Walter

1927: Beard, Fisher

1928 - 1942: O'Donnell, Francis A. (plumber)

1942 - 1943: O'Donnell Francis A. (plumber) & Greer, H.

1944: O'Donnell, Francis A. (plumber) & Wilsden, Mrs. Dora E.

1947 - 1949: O'Donnell, Francis A. (plumber)

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20 Gill Street

January 1, 2019

20 Gill Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Inter-War
Bungalow w Anglo-Dutch Influences

No 20 Gill Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered brick with a hipped and gable tiled roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Spanish Mission style. The treatment of the thrust bay parapet is particularly notable. It is asymmetrically composed with a thrust gable bay and a hip roofed porch. The gable bay features a pair of windows and a finely detailed curved parapet. The verandah is supported on Tuscan columns. There is a central door flanked by a pair of double hung sash windows. The roofscape features a tall brick chimney.

HISTORY

1942 For Sale. Cream Kitchenette, good condition. 20 Gill-st. East Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1939 - 1941: Edgar, David

1941 - 1944: Glasson, Mrs. Francis M.

1945 - 1946: Edgar, David J.

1947 - 1949: Cressie, David

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20 Osborne Road-Woodlawn

January 1, 2019

20 Osborne Road (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Federation Queen Anne Woodlawn is a single storey house constructed in limestone with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a very fine expression of the Federation Queen Anne style.

No. 20 is located on a corner lot that address both Osborne Road and Canning Highway. It is asymmetrically composed with a gabled thrust bay and a part width return hip roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on turned timber posts with a decorative frieze. The half-timbered gable bay features double hung sash windows. The entry is located adjacent the bay under an arch. It is given prominence by stucco finished angled pilasters set above corbels either side of the arch. The arch has a moulded architrave and keystone motif. This element is visually terminated by an entablature and cornice. A further feature of the entry is the bull-nosed slate steps up to the porch level and tessellated tile porch floor. The front door is panelled with stained glass leadlights flanked by stained glass leadlight sidelights. There is a hopper over the door. Windows are generally single pane double hung sashes. Walls are random coursed limestone.

HISTORY

Kaitlyn “This site is also a sacred Noongar site, it’s a shame you haven’t also shared that, the water spring on this land is thousands of years old. Indigenous people have used the spring to train healers within their groups for hundreds of years prior to this house being built - and since it was constructed have been cut off from sacred land.” Correspondence 2023

Constructed in 1898 - of Cottesloe limestone, this stately turn-of-the-century mansion became home to some of Fremantle's most wealthy and powerful merchants was listed on the State's register of heritage places in 2000. Woodlawn was one of a number of substantial homes built in the area to reflect the power and status of the Fremantle elite who had acquired their wealth during the gold boom years of the 1890s and who moved to East Fremantle, where the ground was higher and there was access to the Swan River.
Woodlawn was built in 1898 for Samuel Saphir, who established a large general warehousing business in Fremantle. Saphir died in the same year of Woodlawn's construction and ownership passed to his wife Mary.

Within a few years the property was bought by Ernest Allnutt, director of the Fowler grocery company, and President of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce. The Allnutt family lived at Woodlawn until 1914, when ownership passed to Herbert Locke, a Fremantle manufacturer who later became Mayor of Fremantle. The Locke family resided at Woodlawn until 1978.

Locke's daughter, Gladys Locke, was a prominent member of the Red Cross and meetings were held at Woodlawn during World War Two. Two bedrooms and the lounge room were used by the Emergency Blood Bank for the remainder of the war.

20 Allen Street

January 1, 2019

20 Allen Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

No. 20 Allen Street is a single storey house constructed in brickwork with a hipped tiled roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a full width and return broken back roofed verandah. The verandah is set on timber posts with post brackets. A vertical timber balustrade is set between the posts. It has a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and sets of three casement windows. A small flight of concrete steps leads down from the verandah. The roofscape features a pair of render capped chimneys.

HISTORY

George Cooper Kekwick (see story under Notable People) received an OBE and a US Civil Meritorious Service Medal in 1946 for his excellent work as General Manager of the State Engineering Works and General Engineer Advisor for the Allied Fleets in Fremantle Harbour during WWll. For 30 years he lived at 20 Allen st, until he died in 1961 at the age of 71. Mary Kekwick his wife lived there until 1968. (reference).

1933 Car Registration. 29002: George Cooper Kekwick, 20 Allen-street, East Fremantle. Standard. (reference)
1938 Car Registration. 22015: G. C. Kekwick. 20 Allen-street. Fremantle. Standard sedan. (reference)
1949 Family’s Lucky Escape. When two cars collided at the intersection of Petra-street and Preston Point-road, East Fremantle, yesterday afternoon, a family had a lucky escape from serious injury. Peter Bowers (26) of Forrest-street, Cottesloe, his wife and nine-week old child were unhurt when their car overturned twice after colliding with a car driven by George Cooper Kekwick (60), of Allen-street, Fremantle. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1917 - 1925: Wilson, Harry Vernon

1926 - 1929: Thompson, George J. B.

1930 - 1961: Kekwick, George and Mary

1961 - 1968: Mary Kekwick