Ord Street, Fremantle

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Ord Street Western Australia

State Heritage listed houses on Ord Street, located between High Street and Knutsford Street

General information
Type	Street
Route number(s)	State Route 12

Ord Street in Fremantle, Western Australia is an important road that links Queen Victoria Street to the north with Hampton Road to the south, as part of State Route 12. It starts at Finnerty Street, crosses High Street and ends at Knutsford Street, at the north eastern corner of Fremantle Prison.

It has significant heritage properties on its route, such as the Fremantle Arts Centre on the corner with Finnerty Street,^[1] and other historic buildings, such as Samson House, on the corner of Ord and Ellen Street.^[2]

In 1946 the Fremantle Bakery was constructed in Ord Street.^[3]

Ord Street was named after Sir Harry Ord, the Governor of Western Australia from 1877 to 1880.^[4]

Notes

^ Stacey, Wes (Wesley) (1968), Lunatic Asylum, corner of Ord and Finnerty Streets, Fremantle, Western Australia, ca. 1970, 1, retrieved 17 March 2017
^ Samson House
^ "Fremantle Gets £3500 Bakery". The Daily News. Vol. LXIV, no. 22, 359. Western Australia. 6 December 1946. p. 10 (CITY FINAL). Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PERTH NAMES". The West Australian. Vol. 55, no. 16, 429. Western Australia. 25 February 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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