HOUSE, 16 JACKSON STREET

Parent Place or Precinct

22385 North Fremantle Precinct

Statement of Significance

House, 16 Jackson Street, is a typical stone, brick and iron single storey cottage dating from the 1890s. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and the surrounding area. It is representative of the typical building stock located within the residential areas of North Fremantle. Historically significant as a representation of typical workers' houses in the North Fremantle area. The place is a simple example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture.

Physical Description

House, 16 Jackson Street, is a single storey stone and iron cottage with symmetrical facade designed as a late example of the Victorian Georgian style of architecture. Walls are painted limestone with painted brick quoins and reveals. Chimney is rendered brick with simple rendered details.
Roof is hipped corrugated iron with no eaves. Verandah is under seperate corrugated iron roof. Verandah is supported by timber posts with decorative timber valance and brackets. Front elevation is symmetrical with two timber sash windows and a central front door. Timber post and wire fence to front boundary. The rear of the property has a large shed for the paint contracting business that is operated from the premises. The cottage is still utilised for residential purposes.

History

Jackson Street was originally part of Lot P47, which was granted to Pensioner Guard George Costigan in 1884. The land was transferred to James Roe (Perth Journalist), then to George Frederick Gallop (Fremantle Clerk) before being purchased by a group of gentlemen in 1897. William Edward Marmion, James Grave, Edward Keane, Edmund Gilyard Lacey and Frederick Charles Monger immediately subdivided the land for residential development and the lots were gradually taken up between 1897 and 1913. The origin of the name Jackson Street is not known.

Jackson Street was developed as a short street running east-west between Pearse Street and Queen Victoria Street (near the present junction with Stirling Highway). The houses built in Jackson Street were generally modest brick, stone or timber cottages for people working in the area. Many of the houses were investment properties leased to tenants. With the development and expansion of Fremantle Port, the zoning for the area changed from residential to general industrial purposes. In 2004, Jackson Street continues to be a residential street with most homes occupied by their owners.

The stone and iron cottage at 16 Jackson Street, on the corner of Jackson and Pearse Streets, was built between 1895 and 1897 for the Resident Magistrate of Fremantle, Robert Fairbairn (1886-1908). It is not clear whether Fairbairn occupied this cottage or not.

Bartholomew Magee owned the cottage between 1921 and 1928, which was then described as a three room stone cottage. Magee also owned the adjacent property at 20 Jackson Street, and leased both cottages to a series of tenants. In 1930, both cottages were purchased by Marcus Barlow, who also tenanted the properties until 1934. From 1955 to 1968, 16 Jackson Street owned and occupied by William D Brown. When Barbara Vaughan purchased the house in 1968 she continued the rental tradition, leasing the place to various tenants until 1974, when it was purchased by Eric Hood Pty Ltd.

By 1940, there was a timber addition to the rear of the house. The rear of the block was vacant. The house was connected to mains sewerage system in 1954. In 1974 a garage and store were built at the rear of the property facing Pearse Street. The new structure was to be used as a warehouse for Eric Hood’s paint factory and distributor business. The cottage was used as a residence for a caretaker. Prior to 1979, the front verandah of the cottage was enclosed with a wall constructed of louvers and fibro. By 1994, this cladding had been replaced with a solid panelled wall with two aluminium windows. In 2004 the place is used for the dual purposes of a residence and business.

This place was included in the 'North Fremantle Heritage Study' (1994) as a place contributing to the development and heritage of North Fremantle. It was also included in the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society (1979/80) - RED -significant for contributing to the unique character of Fremantle.

Integrity/Authenticity

Altered unsympathetically, reversible.

Condition

Good (This material was compiled by historians under contract to the City Of Fremantle in 1996 and has not been adopted by Council)

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