Dwelling

History/Notes
The dwelling at 118 Aphrasia Street was built in 1928-29 by W.F. Stott for Frank Vigar, grocer. By 1935, the property was owned and occupied by Jacob Harold Vigar.

Charles Frank Vigar was born in Geelong in 1893, the son of the well-known grocer and merchant, Charles John Vigar and Amelia (nee Frankling) Vigar. It seems that Frank Vigar's first occupation was as a book keeper. In 1915 he married Miss Doris Elizabeth Harris (1895-1950) and they had two children: Jack and Joyce (Mrs Gaudion). In 1916, Frank Vigar enlisted as a driver in the 1st Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company, 1st Reinforcements of the A.I.F. On his return from the First World War, he followed his father in the grocery and merchant trade, running a store in North Geelong. He died in 1969.

The original interwar Bungalow design of the dwelling at 118 Aphrasia Street survives in the tiled single storey gabled roof forms, gabled entrance portico with unusual tapered brick archway, return verandah supported by brick piers and squat concrete Doric columns, timber framed windows (including the window bays), shingling and ventilators as gable infill, front doorway, and the broad eaves. The two storey additions constructed in 2010 are visible but are recessive without diminishing the integrity of the front portion of the dwelling.

References:
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes, Dept. of Justice.
Newtown Rate Books, 1929, 1930, 1935, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building Permit, 1928, City of Greater Geelong.
Geelong Advertiser, 17 January 1924, p.7.
The Australasian, 26 December 1925, p.45.
The Age, 14 June, 1950, p.2.
C.F. Vigar, A.I.F. Nominal Roll, 1916, Australian War Memorial online

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House