Jack Kent, 1991:
EXISTING BUILDINGS ON VICTORIA QUAY
BUILDING NUMBER 16
FIRE STATION
HISTORY
The exact date of construction has not been fully researched, although present Fire Station appears on a F. P. A. plan dated 1966 but not on a F. P. A. plan date 1961. The east end of Slip Street was considerably changed allowing for the construction of the new F. H. T. of the Administration Building and the location of the Fire Station presumably resulted from this re-organisation.
CONSTRUCTION
The F. P. A. Fire Station is of simple construction consisting of a timber frame structure clad entirely in asbestos cement sheeting, the roof sheeting having a corrugated profile.
ASSESSMENT OF CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The F. P. A. Fire Station has significance only as a contributory building in terms of it being physical evidence of an on-going port related activity. Through its comparable scale and use of materials it adds to the visual unity and intensity of built forms in the historic precinct of Victoria Quay.
References and Links
Hutchison, David, Jack Kent, Agnieshka Kiera, Russell Kingdom, Larraine Stevens, Tanya Suba, 1991, Victoria Quay and its Architecture its History and Assessment of Cultural Significance, City of Fremantle; Part II: Jack Kent: 'Architectural evaluation of existing buldings and assessment of their cultural significance', 54 pp.
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