66 Hubble Street

66 Hubble Street (map)

ARCHITECTURE

Late Victorian / Early Federation, Gable Domestic Carpenter with Gothic Influences

No 66 (previously known as No 118) Hubble Street is a single-story house constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding with a gabled corrugated iron roof. It is a simple expression of the Federation Bungalow style. The place is asymmetrically planned with an offset entry door flanked by a window. The facade features a full-width bullnose roofed verandah supported on square timber posts. The verandah has been enclosed on the south facade.

HISTORY

1921 Death on September 20, at 118 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, Kate Wood, dearly loved mother of Howard Gwyn Hitchin, and grandmother of Gwyn and Louie; aged 69 years. (reference)

1921 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. Joseph Henry Davridson, late of Messrs, Baker Bros., East Fremantle, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly-beloved wife, Kate Wood. (reference)

1927 On May 28, at Fremantle Hospital, Rosanna, dearly beloved wife of William McTear, of 119 Hubble-street, East Fremantle, and mother of Hugh (Glasgow), Janet (Mrs. W. Hendren),and Margaret (Mrs. R. Ford), East Fremantle, aged 65 years. (reference

1938 Birth on April 8, at St. Helen's Hospital, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. W. Hendren—a daughter (Janet May). Both well. (reference)

RESIDENTS

1910 - 1911: Lowndes, Miss R.

1912 - 1916: Lowndes, Miss T. (dressmaker)

1917 - 1920: Davidson, Henry

1921 - 1924: Turnbull, Mrs. E. M.

1925 - 1926: Sparkes, Francis Charles

1927: Greer, Mrs. Maggie

1928: Hendren, William

1929 - 1943: King, Mrs. Ada

1944 - 1947: Wade, Phil

1949: Green, William W.

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