67 Glenora Street, Wynnum

In December 1922 local publicans James Maxwell Fisher and his wife Sarah Gertrude Fisher acquired the property. An application was made to Brisbane City Council on 3 August 1926 for a brick residence on the corner of King and Creek Streets, Wynnum. The notable Brisbane architect E.P.Trewern designed this residence. The applicant was V Goodman of Wynnum. The cost of the dwelling is given as £1,700/-/-. This was a large sum for a residence in c1926, indicating a quality dwelling. The contractor for the work was listed as B Hollingsworth of Shakespeare Street, Bulimba, though there is some indication that the work was actually undertaken by the firm of Tilby and Crick. Original landscaping included the palm trees planted in 1927, and a fountain built by stonemason Harold Thurlow senior around the time the house was built.

It was not until April 1928 that the property was transferred into the names of optician Vincent Goodman and his wife Mavis (nee Fisher). Vincent and Mavis were divorced in late 1936 and in 1937 title was transferred to Sarah Fisher. 

A leadlight window c1912 in the house installed in the house during 1938 rennovations. The window was acquired from the original ‘Wynnum Hotel’ (owned by the Fisher family). These renovations closed in verandas on the Glenora and Coreen St frontages. A small sitting room was added to a northern bedroom and a sun room on the Coreen St veranda.

The dwelling is of interwar low set design, with large gables facing all directions. The building is rendered and the roof is of terra-cotta tile. The dwelling is situated on its site to make the most of its elevated corner position. Its styling is made more distinctive by wood inserts under the widows that face Coreen Street.