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Republic of Fremantle
3 Pakenham Street; Crosby building?
Until recently this was used by a Commonwealth Government department. It is currently (2021) being transformed into the Republic of Fremantle tavern, gin distillery and micro brewery.
The Heritage Council page merely says that this is an inter-war commercial building. It also describes it as a: 'Two-storey rendered and painted brick building with bracketed cornice on a simple parapet. The façade has two entrances and a driving entrance with Colorbond door on the right side. The windows have a keystone finish to the first floor. The ground floor has metal-framed windows, probably not original.'
During renovations the name of a previous owner or tenant was briefly revealed above the doors: apparently William Crosby.
References and Links
Heritage Council page
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 16 May, 2019 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/newrepublic.html (it was last updated on 3 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.