Short Street 2
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2 Short Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler East |
DESCRIPTION:
This single-storey, double-fronted asymmetrical villa is constructed of tooled bluestone with a tuck-pointed finish and face brick quoins and dressings. The dwelling displays typical Gawlerstyle detailing to the gable in the vent and pediment hood mould. The hipped roof is clad with corrugated metal with projecting gable bay detailed with a turned timber finial, and carved timber bargeboard with cast-iron lace. The windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes and the door is panelled timber. Chimneys are of face red brick with corbelled caps. The concave verandah is clad with corrugated metal and is supported on square timber posts with moulded caps, cast-iron lace frieze, corner brackets, and balustrade. A non-original timber picket with steel gate and a modest garage with traditionally pitched roof are situated between the dwelling and front street boundary.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The site comprises a portion of Allotments 264 and 265 of the subdivision of portion of Section 4 laid out as Gawler East.
Section 4 of the Gawler Special Survey was originally granted to John Reid and Henry Dundas Murray in October 1839. Forty acres of this land, laid out as ‘Gawler East’ and located east of Murray Street and north of Lyndoch Road, were obtained by Doctor David Mahoney and his wife Eliza, nee Reid. Mahoney had arrived in Gawler in the late 1840s and thereafter practiced as Gawler’s second resident doctor. His large landholding, ‘Mahoney’s Paddock’, as it was commonly referred to. By 1860 his substantial residence ‘Yenda’ was completed. The subdivision of this land, part of Section No.4, Hundred of Nuriootpa, appears to have been surveyed and subdivided prior to 1863 but was not offered for sale until March 1873. At this time Edith and Blanch Streets were formed and named for Mahoney’s daughters.
The first recorded ownership of the vacant allotments was David Thomson in 1876. The date of construction of the original residence is between 1878 and 1882, along with the adjoining dwelling at 11 Edith Street (the mirror image of this dwelling). Edward Potter (Gawler tinsmith) owned both 11 Edith Street and 2 Short Street in 1880, transferring them to Caroline Wilhelmine Crimp (wife of Henry Crimp of Gawler Blacksmiths) in 1883 and then to Sarah Ann Marther (wife of Henry James Mather of Gawler Engineer) in 1897.
The first recorded owner/occupier was George Freak in 1882/83. The property was subsequently owned and occupied by Thomas Walton in 1885/86. The registered owner /occupier in 1888/89 was Thomas Wilson.
Following the subdivision of the two dwellings into separate allotments, John Blackall Wesley (engineer) was in ownership of the subject allotment from October 1903. They were transferred to Anna Reinke (widow) and Clara Reinke (later Anderson) in February 1906 and thereafter to Arthur Maclean (motor mechanic) in May 1918 and subsequently to Lillian Wilkinson in January 1919. The property then transferred to Charles Elver Ribbick in March 1920 and hence to Gordon Pointon (mason) and his wife Jean in June 1921.
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Acknowledgments
This report has been prepared by the following people:
• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)
• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)
• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)
• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)
The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:
• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)
• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)
• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of Gawler)
Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.
www.flightpatharchitects.com.au
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