FRANK CADD BUILDING (fmr) (FARES HOUSE), 33 PHILLIMORE ST

Architecture

Two storey and enclosed half basement, rendered stone building with a bracketed parapet and a zero set back from the pavement. The parapet has low pier balustrade with '1890' appearing. There is ashlar effect quoining and to the engaged pilasters on the ground floor, which has an arched entrance and windows. 'Fares House' appears below the first floor sash windows, (probably not original).

History

Built 1890. In 1959 it was the Frank Cadd Company's building, adjacent to single storey, cgi warehouses, since demolished and now a carpark. LEP Transport International were owners c1974, when proposed office development plans by Max Poole architect were submitted.
Photo record on file with plans for rear extension, undated, c1987 by Zuideveld Bennett Architects. Previously, 2002 Fares Rural Co. Pty Ltd. University of Notre Dame purchased the property in January 2004 and currently (2006) propose to develop the in conjunction with the carpark which is situated on the east side.

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Residents

33 Phillimore St.PNG

D&J FOWLER Warehouse, 33 PAKENHAM ST

33 Pakenham St (was 75 pre 1938), Fowler Building

This three story brick building, was built by Fremantle architect Frederick William Burwell in 1899 and opened in 1900 for Scottish merchants and brothers; David and James Fowler, who settled in South Australia in 1850. James died in 1858 and David continued to run the wholesale import business in Adelaide, Fremantle and London, with the help of another brother, George.

The Warehouse in Pakenham Street is so large that it went all the way through the block to Henry St - see 38-40 Henry St (was 70-72 pre 1938). This was their storage warehouse with a branch office at 25 Cliff St in 1898 Fowler D & J (G. C. Knight, managing director)

'D & J. Fowler. Ltd' is featured in the pediment at the top with engaged pilasters that extend the height of the building. There are nine large windows that are multi paned and pivot opening and an adjoining single story building on the south side.

It included offices, a warehouse, an engine room, a packing and coffee roasting house, stables and sheds. See images in an article- (link) This warehouse also sustained a fire but was saved by the Fremantle Fire Brigade:

1905 WAREHOUSE ON FIRE. A fire broke out about 3 o'olock on Saturday morning in Messrs. D. and J. Fowler's warehouse in Henry and Packenham streets, Fremantle. The brigade turned out promptly, and extinguished the flames just as they seemed to be getting a good hold of one of the most valuable warehouses in Fremantle. (reference)

In 1982-3 the company was taken over by Southern Farmers Ltd..

In 1982 this building was occupied by Praxis, a performance centre for artists.

PRAXIS was the initiative of Mark Grey-Smith, who generated support for an artist-run gallery that would shake-up the conservative art scene in Perth. The collective moved their operations into a space in Perth, in Murray Mews, in 1975. When that lease expired in 1977… After a brief stint from February 1981, when PRAXIS moved into a shopfront gallery in Manning’s Building on South Terrace - PRAXIS moved to the D&J FOWLER Ltd building at 33-35 Packenham Street, which it shared with another artist collective, NEXUS. An artist-in-residence program sponsored visits by Hossein Valamanesh, David Chesworth, Juan Davila, Peter Tyndall, Barbara Hall, and Cath Cherry, amongst others, and exhibitions by local artists enlivened the galleries. Julian Goddard and Ted Snell worked on the first magazine-style publication, The WA Artworkers Newsletter, which later morphed into PRAXIS/M. Julian also established the PRAXIS Print workshop, ( see list of works here) which produced posters for exhibitions and events. Conversations were intense; the energy was palpable and other groups such as Artemis (a collective of women artists) formed within this milieu… By the late eighties, PRAXIS transformed into the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), taking up residence in the Old Perth Boys School in James Street, Perth in 1989, under Noel Sheridan’s direction. (From RECOMMEND _TED – FRAMING FREMANTLE: PRAXIS January 28, 2021 in Life, Law & Culture, Fremantle Shipping News. (reference)

In the early 1980’s West Australian award winning architect Ralph Drexel and his wife Heather, saw the building was for sale, fell in love with it, and purchased it that week. It was leased to Praxis, a performance arts center, gallery and studio for artists. Later it was partly leased it to Deckchair Theatre.
In the early 2000’s Ralph and Heather Drexel transformed the property into 18 warehouse apartments and 5/33 Pakenham Street became their families Fremantle weekend home.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 111 & 112 owners:

1829 - 1837 (111) Waylen, Ann

1855 - 1878 (111) Waylen, A.R, (112) Lefroy & Vigors

1900- 1982 D & J Fowler & Co

1982- 1989 PRAXIS , Nexus and Praxis Print Studio

1986 Deckchair Theatre

2002 residential use.

D & J Fowler building 2021

33 Phillimore St

Notre Dame University ND40 - ND46 School of Health Sciences - Frank Cadd Building (fmr)

33 Phillimore St (was 43 pre 1938)

Lot 55 & 56 owners:

1829 - 1837 Heard, William

1855 - 1859 Yelverton, H

1876 - 1879 Carter, T

Part of original 1890 two storey building (on right hand side) adjoined to a new red brick building on left. The old rendered stone building has an enclosed half basement with a bracketed parapet and a zero set back from the pavement. The parapet has low pier balustrade with '1890' appearing. There is ashlar effect quoining and to the engaged pilasters on the ground floor, which has an arched entrance and windows.

The building on the right was built 1890. University of Notre Dame purchased the property in January 2004 and propose to develop the in conjunction with the carpark which is situated on the east side.

OCCUPANTS

1897 - 1910 John Maxwell Ferguson, timber & hard-ware Merchant. See image

1911 - 1920 Wills & Co, Henry (Henry W Rischbieth, manager), wool skin & hide merchants

1921 - 1924 Wilcox, Mofflin Ltd (P A Seale, manager), wool skin & hide merchants

1925 Bland & Le Quesne, wool merchants

Westralian Wool Scouring Company Ltd

1926 - 1932 South British Insurance Co Ltd

1926- 1939 Graves & Co H, forwarding agents (: baggage agents)

1926 - 1959 Frank Cadd Co Ltd, customs & forwarding agents

c 1974 LEP Transport International were the owners when proposed office development plans by Max Poole architect were submitted.
2002 Fares Rural Co. Pty Ltd.

Baird's Building/Athena Lodge

33-37 High Street (pre 1938 - 45/49 High Street)- Athena Lodge / Baird’s Building / Continental Cafe

This building, 33-37 High Street was designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh and built by R. Rennie c1901. As Athena Lodge, alterations were carried out in 1969. In 1975 the building, then offices, was upgraded further.

1904 The mutoscope starts its season at the Baird's Building, Fremantle. The Mutoscope depicts the latest pictures of the latest events direct from tbe Crystal Palace, London, and should enjoy a successful season in Fremantle. (reference)

1905 Miss E. Fell, proprietress of the Fremantle tea-rooms, although of homely pretension, strikes the human heart to the core with her never-to-be-forgotten afternoon tea in a manner which ought to speedily ensure her unbounded success. Miss Fell has learnt the truth of the old saying: "The nearest way to a man's heart is through his stomach." All, girls! How sadly we must repent our neglected cookery. Although Miss Fell deals only in the homely tea biz., she works proficiently, and never fai's to warm the heart of both man and maid. Don't forget the Maori' and tea-shop, boys! Miss Fell promises a cockle for every heart. Every Johnny likes his cup of tea as well as the thirsty maid. (reference)

1906 Mr. W. G. Tawnley has opened an office in Baird's Building, Fremantle, as accountant, share broker, and general commission agent. (reference) 

1907 At an early hour to-day, the constable on duty in High-street discovered that the premises in that thoroughfare, occupied by Miss E. Fell, and known as the Fremantle Tea Rooms, had been entered during the night…When the proprietress arrived at the shop, it was found that various portions of the stock, comprising sweetmeats and cakes, had been abstracted… (reference)

1910 ‘Casey,' the wonderful chimpanzee at Fremantle. Fremantle residents are to have the opportunity of seeing 'Casey' at a specially-fitted up parlor at 45 High street… The Chimpanzee's close resemblance to man attracts all those with a sneaking belief in the Darwinian theory, whilst the entertaining lecturettes of Mr. Ellis Joseph, 'Casey's' capturer and owner, are educative and attractive. (reference)

Margaret Bale as ‘Martin Able’ start his own business- an ‘art studio’, renting a shop at 45 High Street (now 33 High St), between the Orient and P&0 Hotels. 

“I said to myself there are, apparently artists in Fremantle. Martin Able will become an artist. My first step was to order from the firm Sands and McDougall some six pounds' worth of postcards to my own design. A very disastrous step it proved, too as I waited in vain for my cards.” 

Martin became friends with local artist and illustrator Hal Warwick, and started to produce hand-painted postcards under the name ‘Val Able’…

1918 WANTED, Housemaid and Waitresses, must be experienced. Cafe Continental, High st., Fremantle (reference)

1922 Body Found in the River- The remains were identified as those of lumper Charles Fredrickson, aged about 50 years. He had been residing at the Continental Cafe in High-street. When the body was found by the police the hands and feet were discovered to be tied together by a piece of a clothes lines, also a canvas bag with stones in it was tied to the neck. (reference) 

1923 Elvio Baldrati a resident at the Continental Cafe was charged with the shooting murder of a 16 year old girl. He was sentenced to death. (reference) (reference) 

1943 Norwegian seaman Reader Wedeld, celebrating his arrival in Fremantle after a long sea trip, bought drinks for a stranger, took a room at the same place as him. Later, Wedeld claimed in the Criminal Court today, this man and another beat him up, stole £15 from his pocket. The men he identified as William Charles Phease and Thomas Ingvardsen. He met Phease at His Majesty's Hotel, Fremantle, bought drinks for him, and later accompanied him to the Continental Cafe, where Phease lived, and took a room for the night… (reference)

OCCUPANTS

Lot 62- 63 owners: 1829 - 1837 Chidlow, Henry, 1855 - 1859 (62)Marmion, P (63)Woodward, Sarah, 1876 - 1879 Marmion, W E

No. 33 (45)

1905 O'Brien, Con, bootmaker

1906 - 1907 Forsyth, D S, bootmaker

1910- Martin Able ( artist) see Margaret Bale/Martin Able

1912 - 1915 Sales, Frederick C, bootmaker

1919 - 1921 McLeish & Cook, wicker workers

1922 - 1923 Cook, Henry, wicker worker

1924 Cook, George

1925 - 1932 Copperwaite, C H, bootmaker

1933 - 1934 Dines, W W, boatbuilder & rigor

1934 - 1935 Vacant

1935 - 1936 Radical Book Shop

1936 - 1943 Vacant

1944 - 1945 Neptune Mending Club

1947 - 1949 Dixon Norm J, printer

No. 35

1905 - 1912 BAIRDS BUILDINGS

1905 Lovegrove William, solicitor

1905 - 1906 Melrose A, art studio

1907 Cambie Edward, photographer (died 1947), McNeece J, architect, Korten Miss, ladies' hairdresser

1907 - 1911 Melville Roads Board Office, (Percy Cram, secretary),

1910 Morris David L. photographer,

1912 Reynolds P. estate agent

1946 Smart, Mrs L E, cafe

1947 (re-building)

1949

Mould, Miss I, dressmaker, Bromilow, T, watchmaker, Butt, P T, tailor, Faber, Johann, importer & exporter

No. 37 (49)

1900 Flanders, Robert, tailor

1902 - 1903 Reynolds, A, dealer

1905 - 1908 Fell, Miss E, refreshment rooms, Fremantle Tea Rooms

1906 - 1908 COMMERCIAL TAILORING CO.

(1906 - 1907 Harold Redcliffe, manager), (1908 W E Marseden, manager)

1909 Leithhead, Alexander, refreshment rooms

1910 - 1911 Boon William, refreshment rooms

1912 - 1945 Boleda & Co. J. Cafe Continental (1912 - 1914 Boleda, John)

1946 Smart, Mrs L E, cafe

1949 F & J Delicatessen, small goods dealer

Athena Lodge (fmr).JPG

Lionel Samson Building

Lionel Samson Building, 31 -33 Cliff Street (Lot 9) with Fanny Samson cottage at 35 Cliff St (Lot 10)

History: Lionel Samson came to Western Australia in 1829. He is believed to have been one of the first three people to take up allotments in Fremantle in September 1829. He was granted a spirit merchant’s licence and began to operate a wine, spirit and grocery business in a small cottage. (reference) He returned to England in 1842 to marry, returning with wife, Fanny Levi. They were the first Jewish family in WA and lived in Perth until after the birth of their 6 children, when they moved to Fremantle in 1856. Son, W.F. Samson, took over the company after Lionel’s death in 1878, and the business remained in the family’s hands- on this original site, continuously for nearly 200 years.

A stone building on Lot 9 was demolished in 1891, and a larger office building (Lionel Samson Building 31-33 Cliff Street) was built for the company on the site in 1892 by Sir J. Talbot Hobbs. The cottage, office building and warehouse were burnt in a fire in the 1890s and all were rebuilt. (The fire also engulfed the old Customs Store at No. 40 Cliff Street.) The new building for the Head Offices of Samson Co. was completed in 1898 under the supervision of F. W. Burwell. The façade lettering ‘Established 1829’ refers to the business, not the building itself.

Samson Cottage (35 Cliff Street) was used as a warehouse in the 1870s. After Lionel died, his widow Fanny lived in the house until 1888. The cottage was then leased to a bank, and served as a commercial bank and residence. Samson Cottage was restored in 1978-79 for use as a museum by architect Kim Stirling. Works revealed that the limestone came from Arthur's Head and the bricks were French, used as ballast in sailing ships. An unusual truss system roof, used in some houses at Rottnest Island, was also revealed. A cinema room on the ground floor featured old seats from His Majesty's Theatre, Perth. The renovation received a Fremantle Award.

OCCUPANTS

1898 - 1938 Samson & Son, Lionel (estab 1829) wine & spirit merchants wholesale, & wholesale grocers (1898: government auctioneers; 1928-1935: John H Payne, manager)

1909 - 1938 Sun Insurance Office Limited, Lionel Samson & Son (1909-1929: agents; 1928-1938: chief agents)

1928 - 1929 Watkins, Mrs Agnes A, manager

1938 - 1949 Western Star Milling Co. Ltd., store