House, 75 Alvah St, St James

Statement of Significance

The place represents the provision of rental housing by the State and Commonwealth governments after World War Two; The place is indicative of the standard plan and type of housing constructed by the State Government in the twentieth-century; The place is an example of the second wave of State Housing construction in the City of Stirling following the end of World War Two; the place has contributory value to a group of residences dating to the 1950s/1960s phase of construction of State Housing Commission residences in the metropolitan area.

Physical Description

The property was constructed in 1957 and is a masonry brick to external walls and plasterboard lining to internal walls and terracotta tiles to the roof. It is a standard two bedroom property with an enclosed verandah at the rear of the property which has oftern been used as a third bedroom and called a sleep out.

History

By June 1956, 12,113 homes had been built under the Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement, including 296 in the area known as Millen, later East Victoria Park/St James. The Commonwealth-State Rental Housing Agreement Act 1945 expired in 1956 and was replaced by the Housing Agreement Act 1956 and the State Housing Commission continued to construct houses in the St James area. The Thematic History of Government Housing in Western Australia noted that in 2014, there were 30 Department of Housing places located in St James constructed in the 1956 to 1965 period. A large number of these are located in close proximity to each other, including groups on Berwick Street, Beaconsfield Street and Upton Street. House, 75 Alvah Street, St James appears to have been used for the purpose of social housing since its construction. In September 2015 the place is vacant.

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