South of the city
John Curtin High School Manual Arts
John Curtin High School Manual Arts , (1943) 90 Ellen St, Fremantle Constructed in 1943 to replace the Fremantle Technical School in South Terrace which had been taken over for defence purposes in 1941. The oval is on the site of the old Skinner St Cemetery which had been established in 1852. The broken headstones were transferred to Fremantle Cemetery in Carrington St in the 1930’s. This elegant building is typical of the new style of architecture (Functionalist) for education, good to look at but...
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Fremantle Biscuit Factory Apartments (Former Arnotts Mills and Wares Biscuit factory) corner of South Terrace and Jenkin St, South Fremantle. (1930’s) Imposingly situated on the corner of South Terrace and Jenkin St, as it is now known was built in 1898, and the Industrial Art Deco frontage was built in the 1930’s. It was built by William Mills and Henry Ware as the Mill’s and Ware’s Biscuit factory and later Arnott’s was an integral part of the history of Fremantle for over a hundred years....
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Beacon Theatre (1937) corner of Hampton Rd and Wray Avenue, South Fremantle. Architect : Samuel Rosenthal, a pioneering cinema architect. It is one of the first cinemas to incorporate the Streamlined Moderne style . It also incorporates the strong vertical and horizontal elements with triple banding and geometric curves to enhance its...
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Christian Science Church, corner of Canning Highway and East St, East Fremantle. (1940) This small building of sparse style of geometric balance and clean lines, with Art Deco features such as the curved corner and narrow vertical line of glass block windows. The small window is shaded by a bookshelf type eyebrow sill with stepped supports on either side. The eyebrow feature of Art Deco buildings shaded the windows therefore keeping the interior cooler. There is a windowless west wall for...
read moreHouses cnr Dalgety and Fletcher Sts, East Fremantle
Houses cnr Dalgety and Fletcher Sts, East Fremantle 2 private residences on the corner of Dalgety and Fletcher Sts, East Fremantle. 52 Dalgety Street demonstrates a Spanish Mission/Dutch gable styled parapet which surmounts a rounded concrete canopy supported by octagonal columns.
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178 Preston Point Rd East Fremantle (a private residence), next to the house where Premier John Tonkin lived (that house has now been demolished).
read moreThe Church of the Immaculate Conception, East Fremantle
The Church of the Immaculate Conception corner of Preston Point Rd and Canning Hwy, East Fremantle ( 1939-1940 ) Architect: William Tracey of Cavanagh and Cavanagh A beautifully designed church in the Austerity Moderne Art Deco style. It features a grand entry portico with a vertical design in the downpipes. Around the body of the church are three horizontal black bands at the top of the building and the featured inlaid vents in cruciform shapes enhance the otherwise imposing walls. ...
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19 Phillip St. A private dwelling. A house in the Art Deco style , enhanced by a sympathetic renovation.
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16 Phillip St, East Fremantle. A private dwelling. Ballustrading on verandah similar to style used by Horace Costello in his ballustrading and fences.
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