Shop

Parent Place or Precinct

04033 Bay View Terrace Commercial Heritage Precinct

Physical Description

Single storey rendered semi-detached shop with a simple rectangular parapet with three horizontal moulded details. There is a dado below the shopfront glazing and a central re-entrant doorway. A flat boxed suspended verandah awning extends across the frontage.

History

The shop has been a drapery store almost since it was built. In 1915, Mrs. C. Casley's drapery was the tenant for a number of years, followed by C. E. Rutter by 1923 to the early 1930s, and A. J. Henwood to at least 1949. The business was known as Claremont Drapers and in 1966 the business was taken over by Norman and Dee Palmer. They retained the 'old-fashioned' atmosphere with the jarrah floorboards and floor to ceiling shelves but replaced the 'big black counters' with display bins. In the late 1980s, modern shelves and carpet were installed. Norman Palmer was president of the Claremont Business Men's Association for five years and a former Claremont citizen of the year.
The Claremont Drapers was still operating into the 1990s. In the 21st Century, the shop housed The Home Provedore, which has since relocated to Fremantle.

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