COMMERCIAL BUILDING/WAREHOUSES, 230 MARINE TERRACE

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

21274

Location

230 Marine Tce South Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1978

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 3

Statement of Significance

Commercial Building/Warehouses, 230 Marine Terrace, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: The place has social and historic connections with Percy and Co Ltd, fruit and produce merchants, who occupied the site from c1948. The place has historic significance as part of Sealanes, Fremantle's largest provedore of fish and seafood in the 1970s, and an important local employer for many years.

Physical Description

From the street a 1978, two storey retail/office/ warehouse complex is evident.The site potentially contains older and newer buildings which require further identification - includes old houses/shops (art deco and others), old and new warehouses and new retail/office/warehouse complex.

History

In 1920, this was vacant land. By the early 1950s, Russells Transport had a store on the land owned by R Piercy & Co Pty Ltd. In the 1960s, L V O’Hara ran O.Hara Cereal Milling Company in the store. In 1978, Sealanes made an application to build a warehouse (Fremantle Fish Supply). By this time, Sealanes was Fremantle’s largest fish provedore.

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Other
Original Use OTHER Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Late 20th-Century International

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Fishing & other maritime industry

Creation Date

20 Jul 2011

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Mar 2019

Disclaimer

This information is provided voluntarily as a public service. The information provided is made available in good faith and is derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate. However, the information is provided solely on the basis that readers will be responsible for making their own assessment of the matters discussed herein and are advised to verify all relevant representations, statements and information.