Town Lot 7

Cliff Street, between High Street and Croke Lane

Lots 7 and 8 were originally granted to Richard Lewis.

J.K. Hitchcock writing in 1869, recalls that, in 1869 ...
Next to Samson’s, well back from the street, was a prehistoric looking tenement occupied by Mr. John Lewis as a drapery store and dwelling. Then came the residence of Mr. James Pearce, of the ‘Herald’, which still stands with the ancient pine tree in front. This is one of the oldest houses in Fremantle, and is now used as the tramways store. To what base uses, etc.

The streetfront of lot 8 has a relic facade variously called the [[../buildings/liebler.html|Liebler Building]] and the Reckitt & Colman facade.

References and Links

Fremantle History Centre. Look for the PDFs called:
Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1829-1837
Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1855-1879

Hitchcock, J.K. 1919, [[../books/hitchcock1919.html|'Early Days of Fremantle: High Street 50 Years Ago']], Fremantle Times, one of a series of articles on 'Early Days of Fremantle' publ. 21 March - 20 June 1919.

Freotopia

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 3 December, 2022 and hosted at freotopia.org/lots/7.html (it was last updated on 11 December, 2022), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.