HOUSE, 89 EDMUND STREET

Statement of Significance

Aesthetically significant as an example of Fremantle’s vernacular architecture. Typical timber framed single storey cottage dating from the first decades of the twentieth century. Historically significant as a representation of working people’s living conditions in the Fremantle area.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad walls and a zincalume hipped roof house. The bull nosed veranda is supported by timber posts. Windows are timber double hung sash.

History

Edmund Street was named for Sir Edmund R Fremantle, a nephew of Sir Charles Fremantle the founder of the city. Edmund served with Sir Charles as Flag Lieutenant from 1858 – 1861. He died in 1929 at the age of 93. Edmund Street was gazetted on the 25 May 1922 and was previously known as Marmion Road.
Lot 2 of 1340 was recorded as a vacant lot in 1898; a cottage was built on it in 1899. A 1909 sewerage map shows 89 Edmund Street as one of three identical cottages. In 1904/ 05 the cottage is referred to as number 501. In 1937/38 it changed to number 87 and then to number 89 in 1938/39.
A 1984 Land Use Survey shows intervening development.

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