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Claremont Museum > Records

Blake's House Perth-Fremantle Road

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c. 1898

Overview

Sepia. A weatherboard house on the south-west corner of Bay View Terrace and the Perth-Fremantle Road, Claremont. Both roads are still sandy.

Bush on council block.

On the north-west corner is a man and a bicycle alongside a post and rail wire fence.

Historical information

The house was owned by real estate agent Harry Blake.
The Perth-Fremantle Road was renamed Stirling Highway in 1931 after the first Governor of Western Australia, Admiral Sir James Stirling.
The house became a boarding house in the 1920s.
Cedar house was built behind in the 1930s.
The foundations of house became part of Richard's Electrical Shop 310 Stirling Highway, Claremont (c.1985).
The building is occupied by Mobila (2024).

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--75-31

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Themes

Inscriptions and markings

On rear [A.R. Wright].

Year

c. 1898

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Date of creation +70 years

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Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 75.31'.

Copyright holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Claremont Museum

Claremont Museum

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Harry Blake's House c.1898
Corner of Bay View Terrace and Perth-Fremantle Road
Source: Claremont Museum 75.31

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