Washington Street Precinct

Author

Town of Victoria Park

Place Number

15728

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Location

28,30, 32,34,36 & 38 Washington St Victoria Park

Location Details

Local Government

Victoria Park

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1925

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	15 Jun 2021	Management Category 2	Management Category 2 Considerable Significance. Very important to the heritage of the locality. High degree of integrity/authenticity.

Statement of Significance

The collection of residences that form the Washington Street Precinct have cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:

The places have aesthetic value as an intact group of residences built in the Federation Bungalow style of architecture. Such a grouping of residences in rare in the Victoria Park area.

Physical Description

The Washington Street Precinct comprises six single storey detached properties along the northern side of Washington Street, constructed in the Federation Bungalow architectural style. The Precinct is bounded by Columbo Street to the west and 35 Geddes Street to the east.

The residences are constructed of face brick walls and corrugated steel and clay tiled hip roofs. Numbers 32 and 34 have been sub-divided and there are two storey contemporary residences constructed to their rear boundaries.

All six properties have a verandah facing Washington Street constructed of timber posts with decorative corner brackets. Number 28 is located on a corner lot and has a return verandah addressing both Washington Street and Columbo Street.

History

The group of houses (28, 30, 32, 34, 34 & 38 Washington Street) were constructed by Curtis and Wainwright in the 1920s. Number 28 was built for Mr. Wainwright and his family.

In 1990, Mr. Wainwright’s daughter, Kelly, still lived at the residence.

Integrity/Authenticity

INTEGRITY: High
AUTHENTICITY: High

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Noble, G. 1990. Inner Metropolitan Survey by the National Trust of Australia (WA). A Report on Heritage Places in Victoria Park Vol 1-4.	Report	1990

Place Type

Precinct or Streetscape

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence
Original Use	RESIDENTIAL	Single storey residence

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Rendered Brick

Creation Date

14 Sep 2000

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

24 Mar 2022

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