41 May Street

41 May Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Late Federation, Federation Villa

No 41 May Street is a single-storey house constructed in rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. The place is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and part-width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts with a decorative frieze. The gable bay features a window with a sunhood.

HISTORY

1924 Vehicle Registration: 2083, A.J.S. motorcycle, Eric Potts, Naval Office, Fremantle. (reference)

1929 Birth on September 2, at Nurse Bathgate's Private Hospital, Staton-road, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Potts, of 41 May-street, East Fremantle, a daughter. Both well. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1920 - 1922: Bremner, William Henry

1923: Gibson, Thomas

1924 - 1929: Richard, Rome

1930 - 1936: Potts, Eric A.

1936 - 1938: Windstone, James J.

1938 - 1947: Wilson, John L.

1949: Wilson, Ken G.

1959-1973 Brian and Colleen Hevron ( children Mark, Phil and Darryl)

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