COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 189 HIGH STREET

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

22747

Location

189 High St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1920

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 28 Sep 2011

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Sep 2011 Level 2

Statement of Significance

The place is a modest example of a commercial building dating from the first decades of the twentieth century and makes a contribution to the Fremantle Town Centre streetscape.

Physical Description

Two storey rendered stone building which has a parapeted roof fronting a zincalume hipped roof..

History

High Street was named by Surveyor General Roe - as was customary in English towns, the main street of the town was named High Street. Eastward from William Street the roadway was completed by convict labour after the Town Hall was built in 1887. High Street around the Town Hall closed to traffic in 1966. The High Street Mall was trialled in November 1973 and made a permanent pedestrian mall in 1975. Rate Book research was not conclusive in determining an accurate date of construction.

Other Keywords

This place was adopted onto the Fremantle MHI and the Heritage List by the decision of Council on 28/09/2011.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Other
Present Use COMMERCIAL Office or Administration Bldg

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Limestone
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall RENDER Smooth
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

22 Sep 2003

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

26 Feb 2020

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