Miller House

Values

The place is valued by the City of Melville and the Miller family. The place has significant integrity because it continues to be used as a residence and much of the interior architecture remains intact. It has historical significance because of its association with the Miller’s Bakehouse Museum.

Physical Description

The place comprises a large family home, separate brick toilet to the rear and an attached lean-to shed on the eastern side. It is constructed of red brick with tiled roof, located on newly sub-divided plot (2004 source). Features include asymmetrical floor plan, hipped and gabled roof, leaded glass windows in doors and verandahs to section of front and east sides.

History

In 1901 Henry Miller arrived in Western Australia. He had lived in Ballarat, Victoria, travelled to Kalgoorlie and eventually arriving in Fremantle. He was a baker’s assistant. He married Mary Duggan circa 1913 and settled in Silas Street, Fremantle where he worked as a baker. In 1920, Henry Miller purchased land at 58 Hammad Street, Palmyra, which was part of a new subdivision. At the time of the purchase, the Millers’ son David acquired two adjoining lots on the western side. The Miller family were residing at 28 Hubble Street, East Fremantle , P10227 (assessment program). A bakery operated at the rear of the Hubble Street house. The period between 1900 and 1929 saw the suburbanisation of Palmyra and Bicton. The Hammad Street property was constructed in 1929 by Henry Miller, for his wife Margaret and their twelve children. The new house was named Theodore after the first child to be born at Hammad Street. The Millers had fourteen children. In 1935 a new bakehouse, P1548 (Miller’s Bakehouse Museum), was constructed in Baal Street, adjacent to the Hammad street home. The Hubble Street site continued to be used for storage.

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