House

Statement of Significance

• This place has aesthetic value as a well-executed and predominantly intact example of the Inter war style in timber.
• The place has historic value for its association with the development of this area of Bassendean in the Inter War period.
• This place has social value as the house demonstrates the form and scale of housing in the Inter War period.

Physical Description

Single storey timber framed and weatherboard house with a complex gable structure roof and prominent gabled entry feature. The house is of simple presentation with timber framed casement windows to the façade, each with iron awnings supported on timber brackets above with the window to the north east corner wrapping around the two elevations with the awning following the same pattern. The entrance consists of a timber and glass door with small window adjacent to the opening. The gabled entry feature is a small verandah, supported with timber posts and brackets, and with a timber deck.

History

This portion of Bassendean was subdivided by a group of investors in 1898. The group of investors included some of the most well-known members of colonial society: S.H. Parker, G.H. Leake, H. Anstey, Dr D. Kenny, J. James, J. Grave, H.E. Parry, Dr J. Hope and W. Paterson. Three of these men; Parker, Leake and Paterson; were at various times members of parliament. Hamilton Street was believed to have been named in honour of George Hamilton Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen and Secretary of State for the Colonies 1841-1846.
From the available information this residence was constructed in 1923 for electrician, Max Charles Emil Reiter (c1880-1968) and his wife Gwendoline Victoria Reiter, née Jones (c1883-1968). Prior to this Max Reiter was living in Devon Road with his parents Emil Henri Reiter and his wife, Marie Amalie Augusta Reiter who had emigrated from Europe in 1883. (See 21 Devon Road). Max and Gwendoline Reiter raised their family at the house and lived there until the early 1940s. The extent and form of the residence has not changed significantly since the mid-20th century.

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