Tack's Store (fmr)

Author

Shire of Broome

Place Number

15880

Location

12 Carnarvon St Broome

Location Details

REGISTERED AS PART OF 291 Two Buildings on one lot also see P16877

Other Name(s)

Terri's Travel

Local Government

Broome

Region

Kimberley

Construction Date

Constructed from 1908

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List Adopted 28 Aug 2014

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2014 Grading A

Parent Place or Precinct

00291 Chinatown Conservation Area

Physical Description

Tack's Store (former) comprises a two-storey store and residence. The double storey timber framed building with front verandah is zero setback to the symmetrical street frontage. The building and the gable roof are clad with painted corrugated iron. The upstairs verandah balustrade is infilled with lattice.

History

Originally owned by pearler Hugh Norman, in 1908, it was leased to Ghi Twan who ran a boarding house on the premises. It was leased by storekeeper San Juan in 1913. Louey Ling Tack arrived in Broome in the 1910s. He operated as a pearl dealer from a store on corner of Dampier and Napier terraces from 1919 tuntil1926 when he returned to Hong Kong. By c.1920, he had purchased the building in Carnarvon Street and after his return to Hong Kong a family member, Arthur Fong Tack Louey, came to Broome to run the general merchant store. Arthur was treasurer and secretary of the Chinese Club for many years and Chinese interpreter for the Clerk of Courts when required. He continued to run the store until his death in 1988, aged 85, and is buried in the Chinese cemetery. Pearl Chong Fong-Louey, owns the place and has leased it to various businesses in recent years.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
8335 Historic buildings of the Kimberley region of W.A. Book 1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Other
Original Use COMMERCIAL Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}
Original Use COMMERCIAL Shop\Retail Store {single}

Architectural Styles

Style
Vernacular

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Zincalume
Wall METAL Zincalume

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

18 Jan 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Mar 2021

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