Caxton Road Heritage Area

Child Places

• 12589 House
• 12569 House
• 12589 House
• 12569 House

Statement of Significance

Caxton Road Heritage Area is significant in demonstrating two examples of workers’ cottages, both evidencing considerable original fabric and detail.

Physical Description

A pair of workers’ cottages that contrasts a modest brick cottage with the more detailed weatherboard cottage of the same period.

History

Both houses were built during the ‘Birth of a Suburb’ period (1896-1902) in the Town’s development. This period was a period of rapid growth for Claremont, as shown in the names listed in the Wise Post Office Directories, which rose from 76 in 1896 to 469 in 1902. Between 1896 and 1899 the entries in the directory almost doubled annually and Claremont gained municipality status in 1898. At the 1901 census there were 2,014 people living in 428 buildings. Over half were living in houses of 3-6 rooms with almost half living in timber homes with most of the rest of the population divided fairly evenly between brick and stone buildings. The subdivision pattern, which still characterises much of Claremont, was also established during this period as shown by a real estate plan published in 1903. The Post Office Directories also show that most of the population clustered south of Stirling Highway and east of Bayview Terrace, with people living on John, Bernard, Thomson, Queen and King streets and on Princess, Pennell, Chester, Goldsworthy, Dunbar, Evelyn, and Bay roads

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