House

Statement of Significance

The place at 28 Parade Street has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
The place is associated with the McKenzie family, early settlers to Albany and prominent maritime, commercial and civic entrepreneurs - John McKenzie being the owner of the land when the house was built.
The place is an austere but fine example of a simple Victorian Georgian brick cottage that has maintained a high level of authenticity.
It is one of a group of houses/buildings in the historically important Parade Street that have heritage value both individually and as part of a streetscape and which was the first gazetted street in Western Australia.

Physical Description

Some of the notable features of this place include:
• Set close to the street with very little garden
• Symmetrical façade
• Tall chimneys with moulded capping
• Brick walls cement rendered and painted
• Hipped corrugated iron roof
• Verandah under separate roof
• Turned timber posts
• Good authenticity, integrity and condition
• Post and wire fence

Some obvious modifications include:
• Adornment on verandah recent additions
• New Colorbond roof

History

The house at 28 Parade Street was on Lot 59 originally owned by Thomas Mason. The Lot ran from Cuthbert Street to Parade Street. The Rate Book entry for 1895 shows Lot 59 under Parade Street, owned by J McKenzie and with a house tenanted by William Cobert, bricklayer. This would be 28 Parade Street.

A panorama photograph of Albany dated 1888/1889 shows the house indicating it was built c1888. It is therefore likely that John McKenzie built this house but it is not known if he ever lived in it; it would have likely been built as an investment property. His brother Hugh owned and built the two timber houses on the eastern end of Lot 59 (Nos. 13 and 21 Cuthbert Street).

In 1926, Lot 59 was subdivided from the western portion at Parade Street.

John McKenzie was part of the famous McKenzie family who first settled in Albany in 1840 and became prominent in the maritime industry, as commercial merchants and as local politicians and civic leaders. John McKenzie’s brother Cuthbert McKenzie, former Mayor of Albany and local MLA was whom Cuthbert Street was named after.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: High/Moderate

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

Creation Date

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