St Margaret's Uniting Church (fmr)

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The former church St Margaret’s Uniting Church has landmark value on its corner location and as a good example of the Federation Free Gothic style of architecture. The church has close associations with the Congregational and Uniting Churches and Wasley family. It has recently been adpated for residential purposes whilst still maintaing its cultural heritage significance.

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The design of the church is based on the picturesque assymmetry of the latter period of the eccliesiological movement, with its open campanile breaking the formality of the eastern gable. The church was designed with an eastern vestry marked by a pedimented arched doorway, set between capped columns, which repeat the theme of the upper façade behind. The basic gabled form of the church with its gabled side entry and hall (cum transept) has been retained, however the whole façade has been rendered and painted including the large east window. During 2004/2005 the place has undergone extensive additions and alterations, being converted into residential apartments, altering the internal and external fabric of the place. Plantings in the front setback obscures views of the place Conversion to psychodrama centre 1975. Conversion to residential apartments 2004/2005.

History

On 20 November 1902, the Deacons of Trinity Church decided to establish a Home Mission in North Perth. Two blocks of land were purchased for ₤265 on the corner of Raglan and Clifton (William) streets. The foundation stone of the Church was laid on 14 February 1903 by Reverend W. T. Kench and Sir Edward Stone. Contractor H. Parker built the church for ₤994 and the manse for ₤465. The first service was held on 5 April 1903. A Sunday School was begun in 1904 under the guidance of the rector, Absalon Deans, and over the following decade, a girls' and boys' gymnasium (later Young People's Fellowship), men's association, cricket, tennis and badminton club, Girl Guide and Boy Scout troops and a junior choir were formed, giving some indication of the important social role played by churches in the first half of the 20th Century. The North Perth Congregational Church community purchased the buildings from Trinity Church in 1906. In 1907, the Sunday School Hall was added by contractor Martin L. Lloyd. In 1915, the Sunday School had 313 pupils and 52 teachers. According to Wise's Post Office Directories, the early rectors included Absalon Deans (1904), Reverend F.J. Searle (1913), Reverend Fred Priest (1925) and in 1938, Horace Ferguson. In 1949 the hall was listed with Lyall D. Dixon residing at No. 67. Extra land was added to the site on the William Street frontage in 1917 and in 1928, the addition of a new primary classroom, completed the Raglan Street frontage. This addition was designed by architect A.H. Nicholls and built by Joseph Webster. In the late 1930s, a new pulpit and choir stall were installed. A manual pipe organ, built by R.C. Clifton in 1908 and made available to the Church by the Clifton family, was officially opened on 22 December 1946 at a Choral Thanksgiving Service. By 1954, Sunday School membership was down to 60 children and 10 teachers. Early photographs show that the exterior brickwork of the buildings has been rendered since 1953. Other alterations included brick alterations in 1958 and a counselling centre in 1976. In 1977, the Presbyterian, Congregational and Methodist churches amalgamated to form the Uniting Church. This amalgamation resulted in many parishes having more than one church and it was decided to redevelop St Margaret's as a social service centre. It then became the Wasley Centre, named in honour of the Wasley family who had been involved with the Church since the foundation of the parish, including A.H. Wasley, who was a Deacon from 1905-1952. The centre was to provide training in family, marital and individual counselling, groundwork training, pastoral training and counselling. The Wasley Centre opened late in 1975, under the directorship of Dr G.M. Clayton, clinical pastoral supervisor and fully accredited psychodrama director. During 2004/2005 the place underwent extensive redevelopment with the conversion of the Wasley Centre (church and hall) to accommodate 12 residential units, the manse was refurbished and a new residential section was constructed. The units ranged from one to three-bedrooms and in price from $295,000 and were released for sale in February 2004. The complex was designed by architect Kevin Palassis of Palassis Architects and the firm won the Conservation Award for the adaptive re-use of the place in the 2005 Town of Vincent Building, Design and Conservation Awards.

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House, 10 Richmond Street

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The place has moderate aesthetic value as a good and intact example of a residence in the Inter-War Mediterranean style. The place has some historic value as one of the Inter-War Mediterranean style houses built during the World War II.

Physical Description

The single storey rendered brick and tile dwelling at No. 10 Richmond Street was constructed circa 1943-49 in the Inter-War Mediterranean style. There is a full width flat roofed, concrete floored verandah supported on Doric columns. Centrally located is a pair of glass doors, flanked by sets of three casement windows set in rendered brick walls. The walls extend up to a half gable, which is part timbered with a hipped tiled roof over the whole of the house. The house has picket fences and a lawn garden. It appears that the pair of houses at No. 10 and 12 Richmond Street started as near identical designs. However, No. 12 Richmond Street had its elevations re-worked with an arcade and it also has bay windows set over rusticated ‘stone’ balustrades. Currently, Nos. 10 and 12 Richmond Street are examples of the Inter-War Mediterranean and Post World War II Immigration Nostalgia styles respectively. Comparative Information The Inter-War Mediterranean style was not widely used in Western Australia and was generally confined to the stylistic treatment of the front elevation and verandah. It was used in parts of Menora, Nedlands and Dalkeith. It is not widely found in Vincent.

History

The place has some historic value as one of the Inter-War Mediterranean style houses built during World War II.

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INTEGRITY - The place has a high degree of integrity and has resumed residential use. AUTHENTICITY - The place has limited alterations and retains a high degree of authenticity

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The place appears to be in good condition.

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No. 20 Richmond Street is a good example of an Inter-War Californian Bungalow constructed in c1915. The dwelling has a long associated with the Spencer family. Mr Alfred Spencer was a prominent figure in Perth’s public scene during the 1940’s- 1960’s being a member of the Perth City Council and a influential figure behind bringing the Commonwealth (Empire Games) to Western Australia in 1962.

Physical Description

The dwelling at No.20 Richmond Street is a large rendered brick and tile Inter-war Californian Bungalow constructed c1915. The imposing dwelling is located on the corner of Richmond and Campsie Streets in North Perth. The dwelling has a low pitched, hipped roof form and features three street facing, protruding gables. The two outer protruding gables are truncated at their peak and are supported by thick stone piers to create open verandah spaces underneath. The central gable, is slightly recessed and below there is a timber framed bow window. All three gables feature timber battening. The dwelling is located on the corner of Campsie and Richmond Streets in North Perth. The dwelling is setback approximately six metres from its Richmond Street boundary and two metres from its Campsie Street boundary. Set over two lots the dwelling is deliniated from the street by a low brick wall and has a landscaped garden.

History

The eastern section of Richmond Street borders the public open space of the Smith's Lake Drainage Reserve. This section of Richmond Street was developed later than its western counterpart, which formed part of the Leeder Estate subdivision of 1891 including the area bordered by Richmond, Oxford, Bourke and Lonsdale (Loftus) Street. In 1915 the North Perth section of Richmond Street was described in Wise's Post Office Directories as 'Richmond Road, North Perth off Bent Street', which was so named because of its shape. The street ran from Bent Street to the North Perth boundary. There were only four houses in this section, none of which were numbered at that time. The large house at No. 20 Richmond Street was constructed on two blocks circa 1915 with Israel Cohen being the first recorded resident of the place in 1917 (the first year street numbers were allocated). His occupation was listed as 'marine dealer', which was also known as a 'bottleo', a collector of empty bottles. Most of these men involved in this business used a horse and cart and a Hessian sack to collect the bottles from people's homes. It was accepted practice for them to go to the rear of the house to collect the 'dead marines' as the empty beer bottles were often called and, if the residents were not at home, just leave the money somewhere handy. At that time the bottles were mainly beer but there was also some used cool drink and other bottles available. In later years the going rate was 1d for beer bottles and 2d for cool drink bottles. The bottleo then sold them back to the brewery and the cool drink firms for a small profit. The Directories also indicated that Mrs R. Burns was the resident in 1918 and 1919. In 1920 Alfred Spencer became the resident and owner of the place and the property remained in the Spencer family until 2003. By 1930 there were 16 residents in the street and Mrs Sarah Yates was running a mixed business on the corner of Morriston Street. (In 2008 this was operating as a photography business.) Mr Spencer, who purchased the subject place in 1920, founded Vox (later called Vox Adeon), a discount retail electrical outlet with its first shop in Perth. He was a member of the Perth City Council for more than two decades from 1943 onwards and was also a member of the Salvation Army and on the Board of Advisors of the Civilian Maimed and Limbless Association. Spencer was also a life member of the West Perth Football Club and became a Justice of the Peace in 1940. In recognition of his active contributions to the community, he was awarded an OBE. He also played a significant role in bringing the Empire (Commonwealth) Games to Western Australia in 1962. The City of Perth records indicated that an extension to the garage was planned in 1951 and a brick toilet in 1958. The house was inherited by Mr Spencer's daughter Nellie Toolin, following her father's death and was sold in 2003. An extension has also been added at the rear at some stage.

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Kyilla Primary School

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• The place is representative of the pattern of linear expansion typical of many schools, which expanded to reflect the development and population growth of the local area.
• The place is a late representative example of a primary school in the Inter-War Georgian Revival style located in the Metropolitan region.
• The existence of both Boys’ and Girls’ Shelter Sheds that date from the early years of the establishment of the school is likely to be rare.

Statement of Significance

• The place is representative of the pattern of linear expansion typical of many schools, which expanded to reflect the development and population growth of the local area. • The place is a late representative example of a primary school in the Inter-War Georgian Revival style located in the Metropolitan region. • The existence of both Boys’ and Girls’ Shelter Sheds that date from the early years of the establishment of the school is likely to be rare.

Physical Description

The school is located on a triangular 1.37ha site, well below the ideal of 3.5 to 4ha per school, and it is therefore a compact complex of school buildings constructed between 1945 and 2015. There is a long and ongoing history of additions, alterations, relocations and reuse of the schools’ buildings to meet its contemporary needs. There are a number of mature trees (mostly Queensland Box (Lophostemon confertus) on the site, particularly around the perimeter, and in front of the main entrance. There is a small oval in the eastern corner of the site. The larger open space of Kyilla Park lies adjacent further south and is utilised by the school. Main Block 1945 (with later extensions in a matching style): a rectangular brick building, rendered above a high face brick plinth, with a tile roof. The central entry is recessed in a projecting bay with a rectangular pediment. The multi-paned double hung windows either side of the entry are slightly forward of the classroom windows that are arranged symmetrically along the rest of the facade. Small Shelter Shed Type E (c.1946): currently used as a bicycle shed, this is a timber framed building clad in painted weatherboard with a clay tile roof and concrete floor. Original seating remains around the internal perimeter. Mounting points for central seating have been removed (mounting points on concrete floor are still evident) and there is some termite damage. Boys’ Latrines (c. 1946) currently used as a gardener’s store): concrete slab and footings, single leaf brick wall, timber framed upper wall and roof. Roof clad with clay tiles. Toilet block may contain asbestos. Some original fittings remain in-situ but are non-operational, including urinal pedestals and basin. Girls’ Latrines (c. 1946) (currently used as a general store): concrete slab and footings, single leaf brick wall, timber framed upper wall and roof. Roof clad with clay tiles. All original fixtures have been removed and the open area above the brick walls has been enclosed with clear polycarbonate sheeting. Shelter Shed Type H (c.1948): currently used as a sports equipment store this is a timber framed building clad in painted weatherboard with a clay tile roof and concrete floor. The central seating has been removed (mounting points on concrete floor are still evident) and there is some termite damage. Transportable Classrooms (u.d): fibreboard and iron buildings on concrete pads. Undercover Assembly Area (1997), Library (1999) and Four Room Classroom Block (2010) are red brick and iron.

History

The place is a State primary school that has continuously served the community since opening in 1945. Land was resumed on Selkirk St, North Perth for a ‘West Mount Lawley School’ in 1928. Adjoining residential lots were soon being marketed as being in a desirable location close to the proposed new school site. However it appears that no buildings were erected on the site for nearly 20 years, despite the growing population of the area. The advent of WWII in 1939 resulted in material and labour shortages, and had a significant effect on building programs in the state. To address the need for a school in the area, in November 1941 a ‘jarrah school room (30ft by 20ft) was proposed to be relocated from Herne Hill’ to the site, with enrolments due to open after Christmas . However, it appears that Perth City Council, residents and the Education Department objected to this proposal as the area had been designated ‘brick only’, meaning no timber buildings could be erected. As a result, local children were still being bussed to schools in adjoining districts in 1943. Later that year, residents met with the Minister for Education to lobby for a new school for the area. Plans were drawn up the following year (1944) for a new brick school and are initialled J. H. These show a school designed to be constructed incrementally. Although the initial proposal was for only two classrooms, these were envisaged to ultimately be part of a much larger complex based on a central block of six classrooms facing Selkirk St arranged either side of a central entry flanked by staff rooms. Future expansion was indicated with two wings of classrooms angled north at either end of the central block. The central block is shown as having Open Air Teaching Space to the rear, consistent with the Montessori-based teaching philosophy. The angled wings were to have narrower verandahs. Boys and girls ‘latrines’ were to be built at the far side of the site along Ford St, with a gravel play area immediately behind the two new classrooms. Space on the site was also allocated for a future assembly hall. Detailed plans from later in 1944 show the first two classrooms each with three large south-facing sash windows, corner fire places and blackboards. The place opened as ‘Selkirk-street Infants’ School’ in February 1945. In 1946, plans were drawn up to expand the school following the original design. Two new classrooms were to be constructed to the east of a new entry and administration centre, which contained a head teacher’s room, teachers’ common room, stores and pantry. Again the new classrooms opened onto open air teaching space. These plans show that by this time the boys and girls ‘latrines’ had been constructed, as well as a type E shelter shed. The newly expanded school was opened by the Director of Education in November 1946, with the Western Mail commenting that it made ‘an architectural addition’ to the slowly expanding suburb. The school was referred to as Kyilla School in the press, although PWD plans continued to refer to it as Selkirk Street School through to about 1950. No documentation has been found to explain why the school changed its name, but it was probably linked to the idea that kyilla was an Aboriginal word meaning ‘north’. The term was well known during the 30s and 40s through its association with the ‘giant 21-seater inter-capital airliner’ Kyilla. Touted as the largest and fasted plane in Australia, the plane was regularly in the news. Further research would be necessary to confirm if kyilla is an Aboriginal word, and if the school was one of the first in Western Australia to have an Aboriginal name. A second shelter shed (type H) was constructed in about 1948 close to the Boys’ Latrines/Toilets, and therefore probably functioned as the Boys’ Shelter Shed. The original Shelter Shed would therefore have become the Girls’ Shelter Shed. Plans were also proposed for a Bristol Classroom to be constructed at this time, but instead the eastern portion of the existing open air teaching space was enclosed to create a new classroom. Subsequent plans show this area was later used as a library. During the 1950s or 60s, the 1945 shelter shed was enclosed. Enclosure of shelter sheds was typical in this era as their use as a lunch area declined. In 1972, toilets were added to the western end of the Main Block in a matching architectural style, and it is likely that the original ‘latrines’/toilets were decommissioned at this time. They have subsequently been used for storage. In 1974, a new classroom was added to the eastern end of the Main Block, again in a matching style. At some point between 1974 and 1998, the open air teaching area behind the Main Block was enclosed to create a canteen, and library and teaching area. In 1997, the school built an undercover assembly area on the location of the 1945 shelter shed, which was moved to its current (2016) location adjacent to what had been the Girls’ Latrine/Toilet. It now functions as a sports equipment storage room. Plans from this period show other temporary accommodation was added to the site to address increasing demand. In 1998, the Main Block underwent extensive alterations to the entrance and staff rooms to create a more open-plan reception area, resulting in the removal of original internal walls and fixtures such as fire places. A Library Resource Centre was built in 1999 on the site of a previous transportable. The Building the Education Revolution (BER) program in 2010 resulted in the removal of several transportables and trees, and the construction of a block of four new classrooms. At least one transportable was relocated elsewhere on the site. In 2015, a further transportable was required and was proposed to be located on the site of the small shelter shed. An alternative location was found, however in 2016, another transportable is required and is again proposed for the site of the small shelter shed.

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No evaluation of archaeological interest has been undertaken.

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View Street Houses

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Statement of Significance

The dwellings at Nos. 25, 27, 29 and 33 View Street are a cohesive and fine examples of Federation Bungalows located in what was once the civic hub of the North Perth urban villlage.

Physical Description

This group consists of four Federation Bungalows at Nos. 25,27,29 and 33 View Street. The dwellings are located on a cross street between two important north-south arteries, Fitzgerald and Charles Streets, at the junction with Leake Street, west of the heart of the North Perth retail area at the intersection of Angove and Fitzgerald Street. This group of houses is in close proximity to the former North Perth Fire Station and North Perth Post Office also located on the south of View Street and the North Perth Town Halls located on the northern side of View Street exhibiting elements of what was once the civic heart of North Perth. The dwellings at Nos. 25, 27, 29 & 33 View Street are a notable group of dwellings being constructed to variations of the Federation Bungalow style, in face brick with rendered bands, iron and tiled roofs, simply detailed timber verandahs and elegant door and window joinery. Each has a high level of integrity and together these bungalows form one of the most harmonious groups in the district. Dwellings set back behind high street fences.

History

View Street and the surrounding area, was part of the residential subdivision in North Perth developed on Swan Locations 647 and 653 by Solomon Hermann and Thomas Whitton Williams in the 1890s. The releases were known variously as the Woodville, Percy, Toorak and Christmas Hill estates. View Street developed as the public facilities area of North Perth with a town hall, post office and fire station, all still insitu, however no longer operated as such. The town hall continues to operate as a community hall, whilst the post office is currently used for office and retail purposes and the fire station as a residence. The residential development in the area expanded to support the civic utilities along View Street of which the bungalows at No. 25, 27, 29 & 33 View Street are an example. The subject dwellings are located on the northern side of View Street between Leake (originally known as John Street) and Permission Street. The first to be constructed in this portion of the street was No. 31 in circa 1902, however is has not been included in this heritage group. Of the four dwellings, numbers 27 and 29 View Street first appear in the Wises Post Office Directories in 1909 with Geoff King at No. 27 and Cuthbert Richardson at No. 29. Geoff King remains at the dwelling for several years until Samuel Quatt, also believed to be the owner resides at the property in the 1920s. From the 1930s until at least 1949 Miss Nellie Lynch resides at No. 27 View Street. Neighbouring at No. 29 Cuthbert Richardson a welding contractor resides at the dwelling until the mid 1920s when Mr Albert Love takes up residence and remains until at least 1949 when the Wises Post Office Directories cease publication. Various alterations and additions are undertaken to the dwellings at Nos. 27 and 29 View Street with a new verandah constructed at No. 29 in 1974 and alterations and additions and a back garage constructed at No. 27 in 1981 and 1982 respectively. The dwelling at No. 33 View Street first appears in the Wises Post Office Directories in 1920 with Baptist Minister Reverend W Smith as the residence. A Building Licence was issued to W Smith in 1919 indicating that the property was constructed at this time. Reverend Smith stays in residency only a couple of years with Mr J B Fogarty, believed also to be the owner occupying the dwelling from 1923 until the mid 1930s when Mrs Mary Fogarty is listed as the occupant. In the 1980s the property is owned by G McGinnis who was issued a Building Licence for alterations and additions and a swimming pool in 1981 and 1982 respectively. The dwelling at No. 25 View Street is believed to have been constructed in 1924. The City of Perth Building Licence cards indicate that William Kerr is the owner at the time of the construction and resides at the dwelling throughout the 1920s and 1930s, until 1937 when Mrs A Casson, J.P is listed as occupying the property. Mrs A. (Susan) Casson established Casson Homes Incorporated in 1922, believed to the first charitable organisations formed for the benefit of psychiatric patients in Australia. The organisation was originally called 'The Mental Hospital After Care and Comforts Fund Association Incorporated', officially changing its name to Casson Homes Incorporated in 1984. Since its inception, Casson Homes has continued to operate under the guidance of a member of the Casson family. Currently the Director, John Casson is the grandson of Susan and the Administrator Nick Casson is the great grandson. Today residential facilities that form Casson Homes are Casson House (Woodville Street, North Perth), St. Rita's Nursing Home (No. 25 View Street), Woodville House (Helena Valley) and independent living houses and annexes. In December 2000 the Town issued conditional planning approval for the aged care facility to be constructed which saw the retention of the existing house and the creation of 5 additional houses and two central courtyards.

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North Perth Town Hall - Lesser Hall

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02216 North Perth Town Hall Complex

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North Perth Town Hall (original building) is a singular and sophisticated example of a civic building, by H J Prockter, in a Federation Anglo Dutch style, with a remarkable presence and identity. It is the centrepiece of the North Perth civic group, which is located at the heart of the North Perth urban village. The place has associations with the local municipality, civic and social events that engendered a sense of community.

Physical Description

Comprises a single storey hall and an administration section. The facade is highly decorated with stucco which includes a circular vent, balustrading, corner pinnacles, and arched bands over the doors and windows. The fanlights above the central window and entrance are multi-paned. The façade is articulated by the use of paired and twinned gables with groups of arched windows at ground level, balustraded parapet with faceted gables and finial rising from an oculus all set between corner tourelles. Hard surface setback from the street Extensions

History

The North Perth Road Board District was gazetted in March 1899 and North Perth was declared a municipality in 1901. The following year, a Town Hall and Council Chambers were built on View Street. The building was designed by Henry James Prockter as one part of a larger Town Hall complex. His plan envisaged two smaller and one large central hall, interconnected to form one large structure. The hall that was built at this time was one of the smaller, or lesser, halls. It was built by Robert A. Gamble, who was elected Mayor of North Perth in 1909 and who lived in North Perth from 1896 to 1946. He was just 31 years of age at the time of the construction. Other mayors for North Perth were Robert Septimus Haynes, a well-known barrister and MLC (1902-03), Herbert Parker (1904-05), John Milner (1906-09), William Randell, a minster in John Forrest's cabinet (1911-12) and Ernest Waugh (1913-14). The Town Hall was used as the municipal chambers and offices and one of the staff, who worked there from at least 1904 to 1914, was Town Clerk Thomas Hayes Blake after whom Blake Street was named. In 1910, a larger hall, known as the Main Hall, was built on the adjoining site in response to the suburb's continued expansion. It was erected in approximately the position envisaged by Prockter for the central, and largest, of the three halls in his design. This hall was not built in the same design as the first and, in fact, Prockter's 'grand' design did not eventuate. In 1933, the Main Hall was enlarged with an addition to the front to bring the building line to the same level as the Lesser Hall, a new façade, lobby and side vestibules. A verandah was added in 1978. In 1914, the Municipality of North Perth amalgamated with the City of Perth to form the Greater Perth Council and North Perth no longer had its own mayor and town council. The halls were then used as district halls, providing overflow classrooms for the North Perth School, and a venue for a number of lodges and friendly societies, as well as for an infant health centre until a separate building for the centre was added on the eastern side of the Lesser Hall. The new health centre was the first of its kind in the area now under the jurisdiction of the Town of Vincent, which was formed following the subdivision of the City of Perth in 1994. Infant Health Centres were established under the Commonwealth Health Act (1911) and the Infant Health Association of WA was '˜formed in response to the need for better maternal and infant welfare services in the State' (Dr Judy Edwards, Media Statement 1.8.2001). Considerable expansion took place under Dr Eleanor Stang's tenure as the medical supervisor for the State's Infant Health Centres from 1929 to 1954 and since the 1950s such facilities have been provided through a joint arrangement between each local government authority and the Department of Health. The different descriptions given by Wise's Post Office Directories give some indication of the uses the hall was put to during the years 1926 to 1949 (the last year of the Directories). In 1926 it was listed as 'Infant Health Assn, Baby Clinic' and in 1937 as 'Edward Green, North Perth Town Hall' as well as the Infant Health Assn and baby clinic. The listing for 1949 was far more comprehensive: 'Robert B. Blackie, Children's Play Ground, North Perth Town Hall, Stonehenge Lodge UAOD, Ancient Order of Foresters' Lodge, GUO Free Gardeners, IO Oddfellows, Nth Perth Friendly Society, Infant Health Centre, health clinic'. The hall holds a maximum of 200 people and since 1995 the Town of Vincent has used it for community functions such as pioneer afternoon teas, etc. and in 1999 a re-enactment of the opening in 1902 was held. A number of notable North Perth families were represented among the 50 people who attended and celebrations included a half-hour guided heritage walk. It is one of seven venues in the town available for hire for meetings, dances, dinners, wedding receptions or other occasions. The exterior was renovated in 2001 at a cost of $100,000 with the aim of preventing it from deteriorating any further and gutters and downpipes were replaced at the same time. The interior was renovated the following year (2002) and at some point a multi-cultural garden was laid out on the western side of the building. Lot 4 No. 20 View Street contains Multicultural House, which houses the North Perth Migrant Resource Centre (established 1982) and later known as the Multicultural Services Centre of Western Australia, and the Ethnic Communities Council of WA. This building was constructed in 1998 in a style to blend with the existing streetscape by Project Corporation of Hamilton Hill. This new structure was designed by Labirynth Design & Development of Mount Lawley and in 2001 it won the Town of Vincent's Building Design & Conservation Award for their design of a new office, meeting and community facilities.

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North Perth Town Hall - Main Hall

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02216 North Perth Town Hall Complex

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North Perth Town Hall - (later building) is a fine civic building in the Federation Free Classical style, having a sobriety to complement the exuberance of the neighbouring original building. The place is an important element of the North Perth civic group located at the heart of the urban village. It has associations with municipal governance, civic and social events that also engender a sense of community.

Physical Description

The North Perth Town Hall (Main Hall) is a single storey façade set in front of a functionalist hall. The principal façade is basically in stucco with a stepped parapet which carries the building's name, set above a rather Beaux Arts composition, with central arched fanlit doorway, with frieze over, and symmetrical double hung windows and fanlights. Each of the façade openings is set between pilasters of red face brickwork. Side and rear facades are painted brickwork with regular pilasters and an orderly array of window and door openings. Minimal hard surface setback and adjacent park Minimal

History

The North Perth Road Board District was gazetted in March 1899 and North Perth was declared a municipality in 1901. The following year, a town hall and council chambers were built on View Street. The building was designed by H. J. Prockter as one part of a larger Town Hall complex. His plan envisaged two smaller and one large central hall, interconnected to form one large structure. The hall that was built at this time was one of the smaller, or lesser, halls. It was built by Robert A. Gamble, who was elected Mayor of North Perth in 1909. In 1910, a larger hall, known as the Main Hall, was built on the adjoining site, in approximately the position envisaged by Prockter for the central, and largest, of the three halls in his design. This hall was not built in the same design as the first. In 1933, the Main Hall was enlarged with an addition to the front to bring the building line to the same level as the Lesser Hall, a new façade, lobby and side vestibules. In 1914, the Municipality of North Perth amalgamated with the City of Perth to form the Greater Perth Council and North Perth no longer had its own Mayor and town council. The halls were then used as district halls, providing overflow classrooms for the North Perth school, and a venue for a number of lodges and friendly societies, as well as for an infant health centre until a separate building for the centre was added on the eastern side of the Lesser Hall. This health centre was the first of its kind in the Town of Vincent area.

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North Perth Fire Station (fmr)

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Statement of Significance

North Perth Fire Station (former) is a fine example of a substantial metropolitan fire station of the period, in the Interwar Chicagoesque style. It is an important element in the North Perth civic group of facilities on either side of View Street. The place is an early design by Architect K C Duncan, reknowned for fire stations throughout the state.

Physical Description

A two storey building. The stepped parapet has embossed lettering. The original multi-paned windows remain on the eastern side of the facade. The building has rusticated pilasters on the ground floor level. The lettering on the parapet reads 'North Perth AD 1926'. The words 'Fire Station' have been removed from the rendered panel between the ground and first floor. Zero street setback. None apparent

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The North Perth Fire Station on View Street was opened in 1926, and was the second fire station constructed in the suburb. The first station (built between 1905 and 1909) was situated on the corner of Fitzgerald and Forrest streets and was originally the home of the North Perth Municipal Brigade. The service was taken over by the Fire Brigades Board in 1910. In 1912, a block of land adjoining the fire station was purchased with the intention of enlarging the building when funds were available. In 1925, it was reported that a '˜more centrally situated site has been secured, this being necessitated by the rapid building growth of that area. Building operations will start in the immediate future'. On 11 October 1926, the North Perth Fire Station was completed by builder C. Grayson at a cost of ₤2.572 and the fire brigade transferred to the new station, which was officially opened on 16 November that year. The Fitzgerald Street fire station reverted to the Perth City Council and was later demolished and the site redeveloped. The architect for the new building, K.C. Duncan, was responsible for almost all the fire stations constructed throughout the State in the 1930s and 1940s, resulting in a certain amount of standardization. However, the subject place was one of his earlier ones and one of the few built between 1920 and 1929 which were two storeyed. Duncan was himself a volunteer fire-fighter who held various offices in the volunteer Fire Brigade Association, including a member of the executive committee from 1924 to 1942 and secretary from 1937 to 1941. He became a Life Member in 1937. According to Wise's Post Office Directories the person in charge in 1927 was John Steenson. In 1937 it was Peter Cox and in 1949, the last year of the Directories Archibald Blunt was in charge. The North Perth Fire Station closed on 28 November 1956, and the staff were transferred to Osborne Park. The closure was part of the Board's development plan for the Metropolitan Area. The station building was used as an initial training school and accommodated the Board's electrical workshops from 1957-62. Until then training had consisted mainly of on-the-job instruction but, after the introduction of half-day training sessions, 31 trainees were accepted from the North Perth facility. The North Perth Fire Station and site were sold in April 1963 when a new complex with training facilities was constructed at Belmont. The purchaser in 1963 was Macedonian migrant Jury Tolcon, a baker of Alma Road. The balcony was later enclosed and the second floor leased for residential accommodation. The ground floor was occupied by a manufacturer's agent and the 'Fire Station' sign on a panel at the front was removed. On Tolcon's death in 1980 the building passed to his son Nick and it was sold again in September 1980. Between 1980 and 1996 when a heritage inventory of WA fire stations was conducted, it was used as a retail store. During this time some modifications had been made to accommodate different uses. It was sold again in about 2001/2002 and further changes were made between 2002 and 2003 which included a walk-in robe, bathroom and meals area and, by 2003 it was in use as a residence. At this time it was owned by Andrew Whiteside of Sydney who used it to house his collection of cars before renting it out as a private residence. It was put up for auction again on 1st November 2008. This fire station is one of only five remaining constructed in the metropolitan area prior to 1930. The others are Perth (1901), Fremantle (1910), Claremont (1914) and Leederville (West) (1926).

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The former North Perth Post Office and residence is a good example of late Federation Stripped Classical style. It has continual associations with the provision of postal services, post masters and their way of life. It has been a casual social meeting place for the local community within the context of the North Perth civic group at the heart of the urban village.

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The building comprises the former Post Office fronting View Street, and attached postmaster's residence fronting Leake Street. The View Street facade is of a modest hipped roofed red-brick building with banded pilasters, rendered lintols between pilasters and multi-paned sash windows with stucco surrounds. The formal clarity of the Post Office is diminished by the attached residence which utilises the same materials and elements. On the south-west corner of the intersection of View and Leake Streets, and adjacent to the North Perth Town Hall, former North Perth Fire Station, St Hilda's Anglican Church and North Perth Primary School. Minimal modifications.

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In May 1905, architect Michael Cavanagh agreed to sell a block of land in North Perth to the Post Master General's Department for the site of a post office. The land was situated on the corner of View and Leake Streets. The Post Office was not built immediately, and post office agencies were established in local shops as the population grew. There was an Allowance Post and Telegraph Office in Mrs Rome's shop at 491 Beaufort Street, and at shops at 21 Angove Street and 90 Grosvenor Road. A branch Post Office was established on the corner of Alma and Fitzgerald streets in 1912, and the instruments and cables were removed from the Angove Street agency and reconnected at the Alma Street branch. As the suburb grew, the horse mail service was replaced with bicycle deliveries. Finally, in 1916, the North Perth Post Office and residence was constructed. It was designed by PWD architect Hillson Beasley, who continued the style of previous PWD post office architects, George Temple Poole and J. H. Grainger. The new building cost £1,720. In the late 1970s, Fitzgerald Street developed as the new shopping centre of North Perth, and patronage of the North Perth Post Office gradually decreased. A new post office was built on the corner of View and Fitzgerald Street in 1996, and North Perth Post Office was renovated to provide office accommodation for the administration department of the Central Business District and Northern Suburbs postal services.

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North Perth Town Hall Complex

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• 18080 North Perth Town Hall - Main Hall
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The dwelling at No. 34 View Street is a striking example of a Federation Arts and Crafts Bunglalow located in an area that was once the civic heart of North Perth.

Physical Description

The dwelling at No. 34 View Street is a striking example of a Federation Arts and Crafts Bunglaow, constructed of face brickwork with bodly patterned stucco detailing to the verandah balustrade and timber gable detailing above the 4 light bay window. The dwelling is located on the cross street between two important north-south arteries, Fitzgerald and Charles Streets, at the junction with Leake Street, west of the heart of the North Perth retail area at the intersection of Angove and Fitzgerald Streets and neighbouring North Perth Primary School of which the area once formed the civic heart of North Perth. Expansive gardens and largely setback from the street addressing both Peach and View Streets.

History

The dwelling at No. 34 View Street was built in 1906 and is located west of the North Perth Town Halls between Olive and Peach Streets. The property is first listed in the Wises Post Office Directory in 1907 with a John Barnes in residence who remains as the occupier and presumably the owner until the mid 1920s. During the Inter-War period there is a relatively high turn over of occupancy at the property with an Ernest Coombe in residence in 1926, James Wright in 1930 and Francis Sullivan in 1935. In 1936 Mrs Mary Mc Guinness becomes the residence and remains until at least 1949 when the Wises Post Office Directories cease. Information provided by the current owners of the subject property indicate that Mary Mc Guinness purchased the property with her husband a prominent and high ranking member of the Police Force circa 1936. The couple had a daughter Margaret Mc Guinness who later married Jack Fanowrios and lived in the residence raising three children Andy, Tony and Michelle. The property remains under the ownership of the three now adult children. In July 2004 the Council approved for the building to be converted for commercial purposes in which the owners operate a Human Resources Consultancy. As part of the change of use conversion of the subject dwelling general conservation works were undertaken on the house by local architect, James Vincent.

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The house at 116 Vincent Street is a fine example of the Federation Bungalow style built during or immediately after the First World War. It demonstrates that residential development this early in the Interwar period was still using the Federation period models.

Physical Description

The house is set above Vincent Street and is seen to advantage. The single storey dwelling has a hipped roof that features a gablet at the apex and twin front gables. It has a symmetrical façade with a full width bullnose front verandah supported by turned timber posts and decorative brackets. The windows are in sets of three. Low render fence with brick pillars and palisade. Lawn and garden setback None apparent

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Vincent Street was named after George Vincent, chief draftsman at the Land's Department and original grantee of land on the north side, east from Charles Street. The Street was named by himself upon the issue of first Crown grant in Perth, circa 1876. Later, Vincent Street became part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. A number of lots and residences, included the land where the subject place was located, were once owned by Catholic Bishop Matthew Gibney. The City of Perth Rate Books indicate that an early owner of the subject place was Mary Ann Tyson who owned the property in 1920 and rented it out. The Wise's Post Office Directories indicate that the tenants at No. 116 Vincent Street changed frequently which inferred that the subject place had been leased out throughout the years. The Wise's Post Office Directories record Joseph W. J. Croft as the first resident at No. 116 Vincent Street in 1911. Between 1924 and 1933 Miss R. M. Croft, a music teacher - possibly a relative of Joseph W. J. Croft, inhabited No. 116 Vincent Street with the exception of the year 1927 in which Mrs. Myrtle Philip was the resident. Then, Robert W. E. Yabsley was the occupant in 1934-1935. The subject place was shown as being occupied by Mrs. Myrtle Philip again from 1936 to 1938. Between 1939 and 1949, the occupants were Herbert Hodder (1939), William A. Summers (1940), Mrs. Jessie Summers (1941) and Solomon Green (1942-1949). A MWSSDD Sewerage Plan dated 1915 identifies that the original subject place features a twin front gables configuration, central front steps and a front verandah, which are all extant today. The original weatherboard structure and a fence to house domestic fowls at the northwest corner of the subject lot were demolished and replaced by a brick garage in 1938 and altered into a brick addition in 1983.

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The house at 132 Vincent Street is a good example of an assymmetrical Federation Bungalow with a high level of integrity.

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A single storey hipped gambrel roofed cottage with half-timbered gable over the front room. A verandah extends across a large part of the front of the building, supported by turned timber posts. The chimney is corbelled in face brick. Garden of shrubs obscures the view behind a low brick front fence. None apparent

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Vincent Street was named after George Vincent, chief draftsman at the Land's Department and original grantee of land on the north side, east from Charles Street. The Street was named by himself upon the issue of first Crown grant in Perth, circa 1876. Later, Vincent Street became part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. The subject dwelling was one of two properties listed between Norfolk and Ethel Streets without street numbers in 1910 in the Wise's Post Office Directories. In 1911 street number No. 132 was allocated to the subject dwelling. John Tyson was the first occupant at the property and remained in residency from 1910 to 1917. Miss Mary Ann Tyson, who was also the owner of No. 116 Vincent Street, North Perth in 1920, resided at No. 132 Vincent Street from 1918 to 1925. Between 1926 and 1949 the subject dwelling was occupied by John Houston Nicholls and was also the owner of the dwelling. The front verandah and central front steps, which attributed a main feature to the subject dwelling, are shown on a MWSSDD Sewerage Plan dated 1915. In 1927 John Houston Nicholls submitted a Planning Application to the City of Perth to undertake construction work.

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The house at 134 Vincent Street is a good example of a symmetrical Federation Bungalow style, with reasonable integrity.

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A single storey symmetrically planned dwelling with a central half-timbered gablet and gables over the bay windows of the front rooms. The front of the house is sheltered by a separate skillion verandah. The front wall has a diamond banded pattern under the sills of the sets of 3 casement windows. The front wall has been painted. Garden setting at the front Steel verandah posts

History

Vincent Street was named after George Vincent, chief draftsman at the Land's Department and original grantee of land on the north side, east from Charles Street. The Street was named by himself upon the issue of first Crown grant in Perth, circa 1876. Later, Vincent Street became part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. No. 134 Vincent Street is one of the two properties listed between Norfolk and Ethel Streets without street numbers in 1910 in the Wise's Post Office Directories. In 1911 the street numbers were allocated for these properties and Frank W. Wight is listed as the occupier. He is listed at the subject dwelling until 1913. The occupants of the subject dwelling changed frequently over the following years and included Mrs. R. Hanna and Daniel Casey (1914), Leopold Jacobson (1915-1916), Charles H. Bryan (1917-1918), Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan (1919-1920), Josiah Crabbe (1921-1922), Mrs. Dorothea Crabb (1923-1927), Vernon L. Morton (1930), Mrs. Mary S. Calvert (1931-1932), James Curnick (1933), Alexandra Russell (1934- 1937), Mrs. Nina Meldrum (1938-1939), James McCulley (1940-1944) and Alfred Stern (1945-1949). A MWSSDD Sewerage Plan dated 1915 shows the configuration of the original front verandah which ran the full width of the street frontage. The original front verandah and front windows were demolished and replaced in 1960 by the then owner J. Stern, as shown in a building plan dated that year. A brick garage was constructed later at the backyard in 1986.

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The impressive and prominently located house at 136 Vincent Street is an exemplar of the Federation Queen Anne style, with some of the finest extant detail in the district. It is a important townscape element.

Physical Description

This is a large and impressive single storey residence on a prominent corner location. The building has a large hipped tiled roof with tall facebrick chimneys. The flying gables over the bay windows to the main front rooms have two layers of half timbered decoration and are amongst the finest examples in the district. The verandah is handsomely proportioned with narrow bays given a skipping rhythm through the simple corner details. Verandah balustrades are intact. Face brickwork is tuck pointed with a stucco bandsat dado height. Windows and door joinery is original. A substantial garden with plantings that obscured views behind the brick pillar and wrought iron front fence was in place in 2002. In 2003 works were undertaken which included the removal of all plantings. None apparent

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The Post Office Directories list no dwellings for the north side of Vincent Street between William and Fitzgerald Streets until 1912. There were 9 houses listed between Ethel and Fitzgerald Streets in 1915, including No 136, on the corner of Ethel Street. It is one of the larger residences in the area.

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The house at 140 Vincent Street is a good example of the symmetrical Federation Bungalow style, which has retained considerable integrity.

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A single storey detached bungalow with a symmetrical gambrel roof, with twin half-timbered flying gables over the bay windows of the front rooms. Each facet of the semi-octagonal bays have a double hung sash window. The front façade is tuck pointed with rendered bands at sill and doorhead. Side walls are plain face brickwork. A generous bullnose verandah occupies the whole frontage. Garden behind a picket and picket front fence. Plantings obscure views of the place. None apparent

History

Vincent Street was named after Mr. George Vincent, Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department, the original grantee of the land on the north side of this street, to the east of Charles Street, who named the street for himself on the issue of the grant circa 1876. The street once formed part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. The Wises Post Office Directories list no dwellings for the north side of Vincent Street between Ethel and Fitzgerald Streets until 1908 when three houses were listed. In 1909 street numbers were first allocated in this section of Vincent Street including No. 140 which was occupied by Samuel H. Barnes. Samuel H. Barnes stayed in residency until 1929 and Mrs. B. E. Barnes was resident at No. 140 from 1930 to 1949. Mrs. B. E. Barnes proposed to construct a wash house and a water closet at the dwelling in 1950. In 1966 a Building Licence was issued to E. Coomber for the construction of a new front verandah. In 1992 G. J. Darlington, the then owner of the subject dwelling, was granted a Building Licence to construct a carport.

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Gloucester Court Flats are a rare example of Interwar ’flats’ development that included prominent provision for a motor vehicle and suggests of a more sophisticated lifestyle than many of the flat developments in William Street. It is a rare and eclectic comination of Interwar Functionalist and Contemporary styles.

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The double storey building extends to three stories where the garage is located on the front facade. The face brick building comprises 4 flats, with only two of those having road frontages. The roof is hipped and clad with clay tiles. The three storey vertical element is a curious combination of various architectural influences. The lower floor is the original garage with timber double swing doors with 10 glazed panels across the top of each door. Above the garage is a face brick dado with twin classical columns supporting a hipped tiled roof. Originally an open verandah, the space has been enclosed. Set back, at the second floor level, is a square face brick parapeted room with aluminum framed windows. The lower level of the two storey section has a faceted back that extends into a dado wall balustrade for a verandah above. The face brick chimney is tall and rectangular. A medium height face brick wall disguises the difference in levels. A garden is recessed behind the wall and a lawn area extends to the building. A concrete driveway accesses the garage. Infilled verandah above garage, some original windows replaced with aluminum framed windows.

History

Vincent Street was named after Mr. George Vincent, Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department, the original grantee of the land on the north side of this street, to the east of Charles Street, who named the street for himself on the issue of the grant circa 1876. The street once formed part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. About 1907, a single storey residency was built along Vincent Street with the street number 148. This dwelling featured a verandah that wrapped around the south east corner. The Wise's Post Office Directories indicate that the property was occupied by Frederick G. A. Treadgold (1907-1913), M. McDowell (1914), John Clark (1915-1917), Frederick G. A. Treadgold (1918-1925) and May Harriet Treadgold (1926-1934). In the 1930s, it was reported that '˜flat life' was becoming more popular in Perth and suburbs, as evidenced by the construction of several blocks in and around the city. Flat conversion was also seen as a way of dealing with old-fashioned residences at this time, with a number undergoing extensive refurbishment and renovation, which often included a new façade. Other of the older homes were removed to make way for the new flat developments. The dwelling at No. 148 Vincent Street was also converted into two flats in 1930 however the exterior remained unchanged as a single dwelling. The flats were designed by architects Oldham Boas and Ednie Brown for Mrs. Treadgold. The original building plan for the flats illustrates that it was reconstructed by re-using the old material of the single residential dwelling. Each of the flats had its own bedroom and living area. In 1935, a new block of three flats was constructed on the vacant portion of the land to the east of the existing single dwelling. At this time, these two adjacent dwellings were renumbered. The original single dwelling was renumbered as No. 150 Vincent Street whilst the new flats to the east were renumbered No. 148 Vincent Street and named Gloucester Court Flats. Mrs Treadgold, the then owner of the dwelling at No. 150 Vincent Street, made further alterations to the residence in 1937. Another new flat was constructed as a rear addition to the dwelling, which included a sleep out, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. L. G. Dodd, the then owner of Gloucester Court Flats at No. 148 Vincent Street, submitted a plan in 1938 to make further refurbishment and renovation, including the construction of new steps and sliding sash windows behind the twin classical columns above the garage, and the renovation of two rooms into a surgery and waiting room, indicating that a portion of the property had also been used as a surgery. The Wise's Post Office Directories indicate that Lindsay G. Dodd lived at Flat 1 at Gloucester Court Flats as the first sole occupant between 1935 and 1937. In 1938 Edith Jacbson was recorded as a resident at Flat 3 of the block. It was not until 1939 that three of the flats were all occupied, including Lindsay G. Dodd at Flat 1, John J. Prednergast at Flat 2 and Edith Jacbson at Flat 3. In 1946, Gloucester Court Flats was owned by Ethel Margaret Dodd. In the City of Perth Rate Books, the tenants for that year are entered as: Flat 1- Alice Conroy, Flat 2- Otto Eisenstein and Flat 3 - George Fellows. Similar names are entered in the Wise's Post Office Directories in 1949.

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The large and impressive house at No 154 Vincent Street is a fine example of the Federation Queen Anne style, and is an important townscape element.

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This is a substantial bungalow, built to impress. It is a large house with a tall gabled roof, gabled projecting rooms to both prinicipal facades, a gabled corner entry and a separate skillion verandah to both facades and truncated corner which terminates at the projecting gables. The upper gable is split by a tall corbelled chimney with paired chimney pots. The entry gable has Arts and Crafts style half timbering. The face brickwork is banded at sill and head levels. Although the verandah has lost decorative detail, the place retains a high level of integrity. Garden behind a brick and palisade fence. Plantings obscure views None apparent

History

Vincent Street was named after Mr. George Vincent, Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department, the original grantee of the land on the north side of this street, to the east of Charles Street, who named the street for himself on the issue of the grant circa 1876. The street once formed part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. Compared with other dwellings built prior to 1910 between the section of Ethel and Fitzgerald Streets along Vincent Street, No. 154 was built in a later stage circa 1912. The Wises Post Office Directories listed Harry V. Fry as the first resident of No. 154 and he remained in residency until 1919. The subject house was then occupied by Harold O. Hawkins (1920), Arthur H. Christian (1921-1925), Charles Moebius (1926-1930), Mrs. Margaret Ellis (1931-1932) and Mrs. L. A. McCreery (1933-1949). Building Licences were issued to E. J. H. Totterdell, W. Dr. Sokolo and W. Sakolo in 1941, 1959 and 1980 respectively to construct a brick wash house, a back garage addition and a pool at the subject dwelling.

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This large and rambling house at 156 Vincent Street is a good example of Federation Queen Anne style, adapted with extensions to provide accommodation suitable for a doctor. Its size makes it an important townscape element.

Physical Description

This large rambling single storey dwelling has a complex roof structure, indicating additions in variations of the original style. The original section of the house has a hipped roof with a feature flying gable, half timbered decoration, over a projecting front room. The extensions continued the banded face brickwork, with a squatter hipped roof and extended verandah over an entrance porch, possibly to a home surgery, marked by a pair of Doric columns. The house is in a prominent position at the intersection of Fitzgerald and Vincent Streets. It is setback from both street frontages and a landscaped lawn and garden are apparent behind the low brick boundary fence. Refer to extensions outlined in the Physical Description.

History

Vincent Street was named after Mr George Vincent, Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department, the original grantee of the land on the north side of this street, to the east of Charles Street, who named the street for himself on the issue of the grant circa 1876. The street once formed part of the Hyde Park Heights Estate, with the eastern end also called the Tramways Estate. No. 156 was built circa 1912, in the same year in which its adjacent dwelling at No. 154 was built. Both of them are relatively large houses when compare with the other dwellings between the section of Ethel and Fitzgerald Streets along Vincent Street at the time. The Wise's Post Office Directories first list Daniel Totterdell (Totterdell Brothers) as the residents at the subject dwelling in 1912 however no street number was located. In 1913 street number No. 156 appears in the Directories with the same occupants who stayed until 1927. From 1928, No. 156 was occupied by various medical practitioners, including Daniel Mulcahy (1928-1935) and Reginald J. Wheeler (1936-1949). The dwelling was used as a doctor's surgery and residence until 2000 when an application for the change of use was approved by the Council to convert the property to office use. No. 154 Vincent Street has undergone several renovations throughout the period. A Building Licence Plan suggests that new cyclone fences and a granolithic footpath in the front yard were constructed in 1936. A Building Licence was issued to R. J. Wheeler for the construction of a garage in 1949 and D. J. Wheeler was granted a Building Licence for the alteration of bathroom and verandah in 1957.

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