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Charles Buildings
55 Queen Victoria Street
Physical Description
Two storey rendered building which has a decorative parapet where 'Charles Buildings' appears in stucco. The first floor has three arches with curved balconies with metal balustrades fronting the façade and accessed from the sets of timber framed French doors with multi paned fanlights above. There is an awning (not original) and recessed entrances to the shopfronts.
History
A shop and residence was constructed for George Frederick Charles at this site in 1929. Charles continued to own and occupy the place into the 1940s. In 1941-42 a cool store is noted at the site also, but it is not clear if this relates to this site or neighbouring 57 Queen Victoria Street. By 1952 he remained the owner, but the place was occupied by William James Louden. A milk depot is also noted at the rear of the site in this period.
This place was included on the list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle identified by the Fremantle Society in 1979/80. Heritage Council.
References and Links
Heritage Council page for this building
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 June, 2019 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/charles.html (it was last updated on 26 March, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.