ARCHITECTURE
The Old Bakery, no. 58 (previously was no. 134) is a single-storey rubble limestone and red brick masonry structure with a hipped roof of corrugated iron, in an essentially utilitarian design. It is a reminder of the former way of life in suburban East Fremantle when bread was made locally by a number of small bakeries and delivered door-to-door and was one of the original commercial premises in the area.
HISTORY
See the history of adjoining property no. 56 next door.
From 1921 - 1949 - Baker Percy Saunders had a bakehouse running the length of the block, and by horse and cart, delivered his bread to most of East Fremantle. He was the President of the Master Baker’s Association of Western Australia and had a ‘Gentlemen’s smoking room’ at a small adjoining building (58).
RESIDENTS
1913 - 1915: Frampton, Samuel
1917: Cole, W.
1918 - 1919: Regan, M. C.
1921 - 1949: Saunders, Christopher J. P.
