HOUSE, 7 CENTRAL AVENUE

Statement of Significance

Aesthetic significance as a fine example of a brick residence in the Federation Queen Anne style probably built in the first decade of the twentieth century. Historical significance representing the increased wealth following the Gold Boom.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad walls and a zincalume hipped and vented gable roofed house. The roof extends over the verandah which returns down the sides and is supported by timber posts and has timber balustrades. The following places form a significant group and contribute to the streetscape of Central Avenue; 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 &17.

History

On the 9th November 1857, Michael Mahor, a Yeoman of Fremantle was granted Country Enrolment No. 1091, which was later known as Cockburn Sound Location 67. This consisted off 10 acres and was bounded by Fifth Avenue on the West, Lefroy Road to the south, York Street on the east and Cockburn Sound Location 62 on the north. On 24 October 1892 ownership passed to a family of Fremantle butchers, John, David and William Chester, who had a slaughterhouse on part of the land. On 29 August 1901 the land was transferred to a Fremantle Land Agent named Reginald George Webb. Webb subdivided the land on the 8 November 1901 and further subdivisions occurred on 15 July 1903. When the land in this area was originally subdivided and put up for sale a competition was held to decide on a new name for the district and Hilton Park was chosen. The house at 7 Central Avenue was built in the 1901/02 rate period. The house was owned by I. and M. Campbell and was Lot 55. Reginald George Webb was the first

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