Heritage TitleDUPLEX, 42 SOLOMON STREETAddress42 Solomon Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No21792Location DescriptionStreet Number42Construction Commenced1908Construction MaterialRoof – TILE: Terracotta TileWall – RENDER: SmoothFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is an example of an attached pair of residences dating from the period of expansion of Fremantle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.ArchaeologyConditionHistorySolomon Street was originally known as Mary Street, gazetted in 1905. It changed its name in 1951/52 to honour Elias Solomon, a Fremantle merchant and politician who built a house and lived in this street. Solomon was a Town Councillor 1878-1880, 1883-1886, Mayor in 1889-1891, 1896-98 and 1900-01. He was a state parliamentarian, MLA for the seat of South Fremantle 1892-1901, then transferred to Federal Politics with a seat in the House of Representatives from 1901-1903. Solomon was the first Member for Fremantle in the Federal Government. The duplex 42-44 Solomon Street used to be numbered 94-96 Mary St. It is on Lot 7 & 10? of FTL 794. Note: Rate books have this as pt.1 of 794 which is inconsistent as all other lot numbers in this area are consistent with 1980s land tax survey maps, which would have this lot as 7&8 of 794. This would align more closely with Heritage and Conservation Professionals December 2003 research which says the house is on Lots 7&10. Sewerage Diagram no.61 June 1908 shows an attached pair of stone duplexes with front and rear verandahs with galvanized iron outbuildings and brick water closets at the far rear of the property. In 1913-14 the rate book shows subdivision 1 of T L 794 is a pair of cottages owned by Dora Lewis, occupied by Josephene Barker (94) and Charles Alexander Baxter (96). Physical DescriptionSingle storey rendered and tile (probably not original) hipped roof attached pair with entrance steps leading up from the pavement. There is a dividing masonry firewall with decorative stucco, no 42 has the timber double hung sash windows extant.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Conjoined residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Conjoined residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
Local Government Statutory Heritage Listings
Local Government Statutory Listing CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Statutory Listing TypeHeritage ListLocal Government Statutory Listing StatusYesLocal Government Statutory Listing Date8/03/2007
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date18/09/2000Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryLevel 2
Solomon Street, 42, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 05/11/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/30764
