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State Savings Bank
32 Marine Terrace, 1903, 1996 (That's Trades Hall on the right edge of the photo, in Collie Street.)
Heritage Council:
Statement of Significance
The place is historically significant as a former bank representing the development of Fremantle’s Old Port City as a centre of commerce and trade from the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place is significant because, when viewed from the street, it is a substantially intact example of a commercial building which contributes to the very significant Old Port City of Fremantle.
Physical Description
Single storey building, face brick and zincalume hipped and small gable roof, fronted by a low pilastered parapet. There is a tall brick chimney with corbelling. The building has a diagonal setback from the pavement and low front steps. Rendered pilasters with ashlar effect, flank the stucco arched entrances of the building, the doors have fanlights. The façade also features stucco string course and arch over the windows and rendered bands to the cornices.
History
Fmr Government Savings Bank. Marine Terrace was realigned in 1903. The building was later owned by the Fisheries Dept. It was restored in 1996 and used for commercial purposes, selling Broome pearls as Kailis Bros' Artisans of the Sea Pty Ltd. This place received a Conservation Incentives Award. Currently (2013) 'Kailis Australia Pearls.'
References and Links
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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 December, 2021 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/statebank.html (it was last updated on 14 April, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.