Local Government
Claremont
Region
Metropolitan
127 Claremont Cr Swanbourne
Claremont
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1940
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| Heritage List | YES | 07 Jul 2015 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 05 Aug 2014 | HP - Category 2 | |
25581 Claremont Crescent Commercial Heritage Precinct
Some Contribution: mostly intact example that demonstrates the austerity of the period at the end of the depression and beginning of World War II.
Single storey masonry shop has a simple parapet above a suspended boxed canopy that covers the shopfront. There is a masonry dado along the expansive shopfront, with steel framed shop glazing with highlight windows above.
No.127 and 127A were built in 1940 as two shops, which have been combined. In 1949 chemist Joseph Nicholls (or Nicholas?) and Syd Archibald's hardware store were the tenants. The pharmacy was J. Nicholas & Son by 1960. The Swanbourne Post Office was also housed in the pharmacy in the 1960s-1970s. In 1972, when the premises they occupied at 105-115 were being redeveloped, Freecorn’s grocery moved to No.127. Around 1984, they increased their shop space by converting No.127A into their fruit and vegetable section. The pharmacy and post office moved to No.115. In 2002 the premises was a Foodland supermarket.
Individual Building or Group
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