Seppelts Warehouse — Streets of Freo

5 Pakenham Street (Pre 1938 - 29 Packenham St) Tolley’s, Seppelt & Sons

Two level painted brick and façade only intact. Façade features a parapet with a decorative pediment, stucco decorative skirts under the stucco arched architraves over the windows, and ashlar effect pilasters on the ground floor. There is a large face brick office complex behind.

Lot 99 was owned by Mr John Gallop, in 1880. Gallop added a warehouse, indicated in the rates books in 1893, and was the owner until 1898.

1897, Post Office Directories list Tolley & Co., Wine & Spirit, Shipping and General Merchants & Importers, who also occupied 1 Pakenham Street. The building at No. 5 was a single storey one designed to accommodate numerous clerical staff, as well as having a sample room and store room, and below ground a cellar. At the rear of the building was the stables. Between 1901-06 another floor was added and extensions to the north were carried out by providing an enclosed laneway to the rear of the premises. The Tolley Company's head office remained at No. 5 Pakenham Street until 1911.

From 1913 - 1949 this building was used by B. Seppelt & Sons Ltd. (reference)

1915 Patriotic Merchants B. Seppelt & Sons, Ltd., of 29 Packenham-street, Fremantle, announce in our advertising columns that their office, and cellars will be closed all day tomorrow (Thursday), in order to allow their staff to view the parade and march of the 28th Battalion of the Australian Expeditionary Force through the streets of Perth. (Reference)
This site was purchased by Interstruct in 1984 and there is a new development behind the façade of Nos. 5, 7 & 9 Pakenham St. It houses Centrelink & offices.