Local Government
East Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
61 George St East Fremantle
Cnr Glyde, George & Hubble Sts
East Fremantle
Metropolitan
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| Heritage List | Adopted | 17 Nov 2015 |
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| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Nov 1997 | Category A | |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Glasson Park George Street is an informal family park. The place has historic and aesthetic value with its contribution to the local community’s sense of place. The place has some heritage value for its intrinsic aesthetic value as a small green area in an otherwise urban setting. AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE Glasson Park George Street has considerable aesthetic value as an open space. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE Glasson Park George Street has considerable historic value as result of community effort to achieve a small town centre park SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE N/A SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE Glasson Park George Street has considerable social value as result of community effort and is a popular meeting place for families and children.
Glasson Park is a small park with lawns, mature trees, half basketball court and children’s play equipment. The park is located on the corner of George Street and Glyde Street. Adjacent the park is the East Fremantle Kindergarten.
Plympton is a cohesive precinct where most of the places were constructed in the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. It is comprised primarily of homes for workers and their families with a high concentration of small lots with timber, brick and stone cottages. Glasson Park is named after Councillor Herbert Arundel Glasson. The establishment of the park was the outcome of community efforts to create recreation space in the town centre.
Integrity: High Authenticity: High
Good
Urban Park
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| Present Use | PARK\RESERVE | Park\Reserve |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Sport, recreation & entertainment |
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