Terraces

Parent Place or Precinct

27310 Park Street Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

The place has cultural heritage significance: • As a representative example of the standard of modest rental accommodation built for people such as tradesmen, junior employees, labourers and single women/widows in Subiaco during the early twentieth century. • This group is a rare group of terraces in Subiaco as the majority of early housing were stand alone residences. • For the evidence that this property and its local streetscape provides about the manner in which the family residences of senior professional men and business owners were developed side by side with the more modest residences of more junior employees and tradesmen in early twentieth century Subiaco. • For its contribution to a largely intact group of early twentieth century houses in the portion of Park Street from Olive Street to Townshend Road. For information on the significance of the Park Street Heritage Area refer to the Local Planning Policy for the Heritage Area.

Physical Description

• Largely intact group of terrace cottages. • Brick construction and all painted different colours. • Hipped roofs with decorative eaves brackets and corrugated metal sheet cladding. • Bullnose verandah canopies extending across the full width of the façade with filigree lace frieze. • Blind arch in the party walls dividing the verandahs. • Simple presentation of single window with adjacent door. • All the entrances abut the party walls. • Gardens enclosed with high brick walls and palisade style fencing.

History

Subiaco's population increased significantly in the 1890s due to an economic depression in the eastern states and the discovery of gold in Western Australia. In the late 1890s, property developers bought large landholdings for subdivision in the Perth metropolitan area. The subdivisions were generally simple grid pattern developments with small lots for occupancy by working families. Subiaco was a popular and logical location for development and the increase in population and demand for services led to the proclamation of Subiaco as a municipality in 1897. A subdivision plan for this portion of Subiaco was approved in 1896. Park Street was named ‘Salisbury Avenue’ in this plan but was changed shortly thereafter. In the PO Directory of 1902 there were 16 primary residents listed along Park Street, increasing to 64 by 1905. Around 85 houses had been built by 1910, increasing to around 90 by 1915, after which the numbers remained relatively stable at around the mid 90s through until at least the mid 20th century. This confirms that this part of Subiaco was largely developed in the Federation era (in the period from the late 1890s to the early war years), with a relatively small amount of infill development through until WWII. Street numbers were not identified for Park Street until 1906, but an analysis of entries in the PO Directories suggests that this row of 4 attached houses was constructed in c.1902. The following lists the primary occupants at 10 yearly intervals (based on entries in the PO Directories and Electoral Rolls): 102 Park Street • 1903: Mrs John Long • 1910: Thomas Fairbairn Shiells (bootmaker) • 1920: James O’Loughlin • 1930: Alfred Barr (attendant) • 1940: Phillip Morgan • 1949: Mrs Margaret Dutch 104 Park Street • 1903: Chris Herbert Turner (salesman) • 1910: Isabella Boyce • 1920: Archibald D Oglivie • 1930: Thomas Morris • 1940: Mrs E Francis • 1949: Eric N Sampson 106 Park Street • 1903: Frederick Smith • 1910: George Cave (stationer) • 1920: Henry L Drewery • 1930: Stanley Penberthy (labourer) • 1940: L Louis • 1949: William Ronald Dicker 108 Park Street • 1903: Francis Patrick (‘Frank’) Murphy (telegraphist) • 1910: Robert Bowen (iron turner) • 1920: Richard Shaw • 1930: Mrs Emma Coffee • 1940: Maud Ethel Thompson • 1949: Maud Ethel Thompson A plan of the lot prepared in 1927 and reviewed in 1955 for the purpose of planning sewerage and water supply services shows that the original footprint of the four cottages have not changed since that time. Aerial photographs from the mid 20th century demonstrate that there have been minimal changes to the form and extent of the these cottages apart from changes of roof cladding. In the early 1980s, 104 and 106 had red roof cladding and 102 and 108 are corrugated galvanised iron.

Integrity/Authenticity

Medium: The authenticity of the terrace within its streetscape setting has been reduced by the painting of the brickwork and the varied treatment of the front boundaries.

Condition

Based on a streetscape inspection the building appears to be in fair to good condition.

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