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This page is a list of historically significant Art Deco and Moderne buildings in the Perth Western Australia metropolitan area.

Office buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Atlas Building 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth 1931 F. G. B. Hawkins
Devon House 729 Hay Street, Perth 1937 Baxter-Cox and Leighton
Gledden Building 731-737 Hay Street, Perth 1938 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
Harper's Buildings 810-824 Hay Street, Perth 1937 E. and R. Summerhayes
Motor House 68 Milligan Street, Perth 1937 William G. Bennett, Powell, Cameron and Chisholm[1]
P&O Building 56-58 William Street, Perth 1930 Hobbs, Smith and Forbes
Pensioners Funeral Service[2] 359 Beaufort Street, Perth 1937 Samuel Rosenthal
Walsh's Building 88 William Street, Perth 1923 Talbot Hobbs

Apartments and residential buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Attunga Flats 103 Thomas Street, Subiaco 1937 Marshall Clifton
Bellevue Mansions 16 Bellevue Terrace, West Perth[3][4] late 1920s Samuel Rosenthal
Blue Waters Canning Highway, Como 1954 K. D'Alton
Chisholm House 32 Genesta Crescent, Dalkeith 1939 Oswald Chisholm[5]
Kylemore 43 Jutland Parade, Dalkeith 1937 Horace Costello
Lawson Apartments 2-4 Sherwood Court, Perth 1937 Hennessy, Hennessy & Co and Reginald Summerhayes
Mayfair Flats 83 Carr Street, West Perth 1936 William G. Bennett[6]
Rostrevor Flats[7] 173 Goderich Street, Perth 1937 Cavanagh & Cavanagh
Preston Flats[8] 264 Stirling Street, East Perth 1940

Cinemas and theatres

Name Address Date Architect Image
Astor Theatre 659 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley 1939 William T. Leighton
Former Blue Room Cabaret 323 William Street, Northbridge[9] 1930
Cygnet Cinema (formerly Como Theatre) 16 Preston Street, Como[10] 1938 William T. Leighton
Luna Leederville (formerly New Oxford Theatre) 159 Oxford Street, Leederville 1927 Samuel B. Rosenthal
Plaza Theatre and Arcade 650-658 Hay Street, Perth 1937 William G. Bennett
Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade 700-704 Hay Street, Perth[11][12] 1938 William T. Leighton
Regal Theatre 474 Hay Street, Subiaco 1938 William G. Bennett
Windsor Cinema 98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands 1937 William T. Leighton
Wembley Lifecare Physiotherapy (former Wembley Theatre and Gardens) 202 Cambridge Street, Wembley 1937 Frank Coote and Samuel Rosenthal

Educational buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Perth Girls' School[13][14] 2 Wellington Street, East Perth 1936 A. E. Clare, Len Green & Len Walters


Hotels and pubs

Name Address Date Architect Image
Carlton Hotel 248-260 Hay Street (cnr Goderich Street), East Perth 1928 Eales and Cohen
Cottesloe Beach Hotel (former Hotel Cottesloe) 104 Marine Parade, cnr John Street, Cottesloe 1937 Hobbs, Forbes and Partners
Criterion Hotel (former Regatta Hotel)[15] 560 Hay Street, Perth 1937 Hobbs and Forbes[16]
Claremont Medical Centre (former Highway Hotel/Coronado Hotel) 206 Stirling Highway, Claremont 1940 Reginald Summerhayes, Marshall Clifton
Raffles Hotel Canning Highway, Applecross 1937 William G. Bennett
Sawyers Valley Tavern 10860 Great Eastern Hwy Sawyers Valley[17] 1937 William G. Bennett

Industrial buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
East Perth Power Station 11 Summers Street, East Perth 1938
Emu Brewery (Fmr) (Demolished 1991)[18] 102 The Esplanade, Perth 1938 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
Lincoln Street Ventilation Stack 57 Lincoln Street (cnr Smith Street), Highgate 1941[19] A. E. Clare
South Fremantle Power Station Robb Road, North Coogee 1946
Former Michelides Tobacco Factory (Demolished 2014) 88 Roe Street (cnr Lake Street), Northbridge[20] 1936 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown

Institutional buildings and facilities

Name Address Date Architect Image
Karrakatta Cemetery Columbarium Railway Road, Karrakatta
King Edward Memorial Hospital Entrance Bagot Road, Subiaco 1938 A. E. Clare
Perth Dental Hospital (now WA Country Health Service)[21] 189 Wellington Street, Perth 1936 Reginald Summerhayes & George Rowe
Royal Perth Hospital A Block and Wellington Street Entrance[22] 197 Wellington Street, Perth 1939/1942 A. E. Clare
West Australian Ballet Company Centre (former Royal West Australian Institute and Industrial School for the Blind) 134 Whatley Crescent, Maylands 1937 A. E. Clare
Perth City YHA (former St. John’s Ambulance Building) 300 Wellington Street, Perth[23] 1939 Ochiltree and Hargrave

Religious buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Perth 264 St Georges Terrace (cnr Elder Street), Perth 1939 Ochiltree & Hargrave
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish 154 Canning Highway, East Fremantle 1940 William Tracey (Cavanagh and Cavanagh)
St Columba's Church[24] 25 Forrest Street, South Perth 1937 Edgar le Blond Henderson
St Mary’s Anglican Church 9 Ridge Street, South Perth 1936 William G. Bennett (Eales, Cohen and Bennett)

Public buildings and facilities

Name Address Date Architect Image
Tivoli Hall (former Applecross District Hall) Canning Beach Road (cnr Kintail Road), Applecross Eales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge
Christian Lyon Building (former electrical substation) 496 Stirling Highway, Cottesloe
Claremont Council Offices Stirling Highway, Claremont 1935 Reginald Summerhayes
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial Kings Park, Perth 1934 Harold Boas
Guildford Town Hall and Library 98 James Street (cnr Meadow Street), Guildford 1937 Eales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge
Co-Masonic Temple[25] 110 Brisbane Street, Vincent 1936 William G. Bennett
Camelot Cinemas (former Mosman Park Memorial Hall) Lochee Street, Mosman Park 1939 Kreitmeyer and Rowe
Nedlands Park Masonic Hall 6-8 Broadway, Crawley 1935 William G. Bennett
Sir J. J. Talbot Hobbs Memorial Supreme Court Gardens, Perth 1940 Hobbs, Winning and Leighton

Sports buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Lord Forrest Olympic Pool Cnr Cassidy and McDonald Streets, Kalgoorlie 1938 William G. Bennett
Nedlands Tennis Club Cnr Bruce Street and Gallop Road 1937 Harold Krantz and Neil Perkins
Mount Lawley Bowls Club Cnr Storthes and Rookwood Streets, Mount Lawley 1936 William G. Bennett
Perth Oval Entrance[26] 27 Bulwer Street, Perth, 1933 City Engineers Office

Photo gallery

  • Art deco building next door to the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands
    Art deco building next door to the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands
  • Cafe Taimo, Nedlands
    Cafe Taimo, Nedlands

References

  1. ^ "Motor House, Perth". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Bowra and O'Dea". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ Bellevue Mansions, 16 Bellevue Terrace, Kings Park, West Perth. A history of the art deco block of flats designed by Samuel Rosenthal Waltzing moderne, Winter 2002, p.19
  4. ^ Taylor, Paul. Evolution of 16 Bellevue Terrace.Waltzing moderne, Autumn 2000, p.8-9+11
  5. ^ "Chisholm House (fmr)". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Mayfair Flats". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Rostrevor Flats". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Preston Flats". Heritage Council of Western Australia.
  9. ^ Vincent Heritage: Heritage plaques
  10. ^ Van Niekerk, Mike.(1987) Cygnet Theatre, originally named The Como Theatre - cinema designed by William T. Leighton. West Australian, 24 June 1987, p.58b-d
  11. ^ Geneve, Vyonne.(1989) Description and some history of the many art deco cinemas in Perth, many by William T. Leighton. Fremantle arts review, June 1989, p. 21,
  12. ^ Piccadilly Theatre - article about cinema designed by William T. Leighton. The West Australian, 24 June 1987, p.58
  13. ^ "Perth Girls' School". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Perth Girls' School". Australian Heritage Database. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Criterion Hotel". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  16. ^ Hotel Regatta - details of classic art deco building by architect J.J. Talbot Hobbs. Arts unlimited, Dec./Jan. 1994, p.36-37
  17. ^ "Sawyers Valley Tavern". State Heritage.
  18. ^ Statement issued by the Art Deco Society about the brewery building. Newsletter (Art Deco Society of Western Australia), June 1991, p.3-4
  19. ^ "Assessment Documentation" (PDF). Heritage Council of Western Australia.
  20. ^ Heritage Council Database, Place No: 16354, Michelides Tobacco Factory (fmr)
  21. ^ "Perth Dental Hospital". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Royal Perth Hospital A & N Block". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  23. ^ Title St. John Centre. History of St. John Ambulance Association and its headquarters (opened 10 June 1940) Wellington Street Perth. Waltzing moderne, Vol. 10, no. 1 (Autumn 1997), p. 10, 11, 13,
  24. ^ "St Columba's Church". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Co-Masonic Temple". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  26. ^ "Perth Oval Entrance". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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