House, 2 McCabe Place, North Fremantle

Values

• The place is representative of a post-war vernacular residence.
• The place is associated with the post-war residential development of North Fremantle.

Physical Description

House, 2 McCabe Place, North Fremantle is located at the corner of McCabe Place and McCabe Street in North Fremantle, within a former industrial landscape that is now becoming residential/commercial. The house itself faces McCabe Street, and is located at the north of the block. There are vehicular entrances onto the block from both McCabe Street and McCabe Place.
The overall form of the building is a double breakfront, with a projecting front room and then a projecting verandah, creating a cascading roof form from the front elevation. The residence has an asymmetric façade with an off-centre entrance within a bricked-on verandah with windows and concrete steps. The building is single storey with a sunken garage/workshop, a ramp leading down to this space from the north-east corner.

History

The earliest record of this structure is in the historic aerial imagery of North Fremantle from 1953 and the earlier aerial for this location indicates the house had not been constructed at that time. In the early 1950s North Fremantle underwent a minor housing boom, as post-war restrictions on materials were eased and the newly-established State Housing Commission established the ‘Myuna’ complex at Cypress Hill. However, this period also saw the development of industrial facilities in the area, which replaced the earlier market gardens and early residences in the area. This change accelerated into the 1960s as Fremantle Port expanded and container shipping became more prevalent.

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