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Dux Factory

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

00989
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Location

25 Quarry St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1895

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 2

Level 2

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of considerable cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is a priority.

Register of the National Estate Permanent 28 Sep 1982

Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust Classified 06 Oct 1980

Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place is of historic and aesthetic significance as an example of a commercial building in the Fremantle Town Centre dating from the early decades of the twentieth century.

Physical Description

Single storey stone building with a zero setback from the pavement. The parapet has a central pediment where 'DUX' appears.

History

Frank or Francis Henderson was the Fremantle Agent for F. R. Flindell, who were Cordial Manufacturers in William St, Perth in 1886. He owned lot 946 in Quarry st and established a bottling works there. Today this is known as the Dux building.
Currently occupied by the Fremantle Arts Press.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use INDUSTRIAL\MANUFACTURING Other
Original Use COMMERCIAL Other
Present Use COMMERCIAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Free Classical

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall STONE Limestone
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

03 Mar 2020

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