List of Art Deco buildings in Perth

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

Office buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Atlas Building8-10 The Esplanade, Perth1931F. G. B. Hawkins
Devon House729 Hay Street, Perth1937Baxter-Cox and Leighton
Gledden Building731-737 Hay Street, Perth1938Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
Harper's Buildings810-824 Hay Street, Perth1937E. and R. Summerhayes
Motor House68 Milligan Street, Perth1937William G. Bennett, Powell, Cameron and Chisholm [1]
P&O Building56-58 William Street, Perth1930Hobbs, Smith and Forbes
Walsh's Building88 William Street, Perth1923Talbot Hobbs

Apartments and residential buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Attunga Flats103 Thomas Street, Subiaco1937Marshall Clifton
Bellevue Mansions16 Bellevue Terrace, West Perth[2][3]late 1920sSamuel Rosenthal
Blue WatersCanning Highway, Como1954K. D'Alton
Chisholm House32 Genesta Crescent, Dalkeith1939Oswald Chisholm [4]
Kylemore43 Jutland Parade, Dalkeith1937Horace Costello
Lawson Apartments2-4 Sherwood Court, Perth1937Hennessy, Hennessy & Co and Reginald Summerhayes
Mayfair Flats83 Carr Street, West Perth1936William G. Bennett [5]

Cinemas and theatres

Name Address Date Architect Image
Astor Theatre659 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley1939William T. Leighton
Former Blue Room Cabaret323 William Street, Northbridge[6]1930
Cygnet Cinema16 Preston Street, Como[7]1938William T. Leighton
Luna Leederville (formerly New Oxford Theatre)159 Oxford Street, Leederville1927Samuel B. Rosenthal
Plaza Theatre and Arcade650-658 Hay Street, Perth1937William G. Bennett
Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade700-704 Hay Street, Perth[8][9]1938William T. Leighton
Regal Theatre474 Hay Street, Subiaco1938William G. Bennett
Windsor Cinema98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands1937William T. Leighton
Wembley Lifecare Physiotherapy (former Wembley Theatre and Gardens)202 Cambridge Street, Wembley1937Frank Coote and Samuel Rosenthal

Public buildings and facilities

Name Address Date Architect Image
Tivoli Hall (former Applecross District Hall)Canning Beach Road (cnr Kintail Road), ApplecrossEales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge
Christian Lyon Building (former electrical substation)496 Stirling Highway, Cottesloe
Claremont Council OfficesStirling Highway, Claremont1935Reginald Summerhayes
Edith Dircksey Cowan MemorialKings Park, Perth1934Harold Boas
Guildford Town Hall and Library98 James Street (cnr Meadow Street), Guildford1937Eales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge
Lord Forrest Olympic PoolCnr Cassidy and McDonald Streets, Kalgoorlie1938William G. Bennett
Co-Masonic Temple110 Brisbane Street, Vincent1936William G. Bennett
Camelot Cinemas (former Mosman Park Memorial Hall)Lochee Street, Mosman Park1939Kreitmeyer and Rowe
Mount Lawley Bowls ClubCnr Storthes and Rookwood Streets, Mount Lawley1936William G. Bennett
Nedlands Park Masonic Hall6-8 Broadway, Crawley1935William G. Bennett
Nedlands Tennis ClubCnr Bruce Street and Gallop Road1937Harold Krantz and Neil Perkins
Sir J. J. Talbot Hobbs MemorialSupreme Court Gardens, Perth1940Hobbs, Winning and Leighton

Institutional buildings and facilities

Name Address Date Architect Image
Karrakatta Cemetery ColumbariumRailway Road, Karrakatta
King Edward Memorial Hospital EntranceBagot Road, Subiaco1938A. E. Clare
West Australian Ballet Company Centre (former Royal West Australian Institute and Industrial School for the Blind)134 Whatley Crescent, Maylands1937A. E. Clare
Perth City YHA (former St. John’s Ambulance Building)300 Wellington Street, Perth[10]1939Ochiltree and Hargrave

Hotels and pubs

Name Address Date Architect Image
Carlton Hotel248-260 Hay Street (cnr Goderich Street), East Perth1928Eales and Cohen
Cottesloe Beach Hotel (former Hotel Cottesloe)104 Marine Parade, cnr John Street, Cottesloe1937Hobbs, Forbes and Partners
Criterion Hotel (former Regatta Hotel Complex)560 Hay Street, Perth1937Hobbs and Forbes[11]
Claremont Medical Centre (former Highway Hotel)206 Stirling Highway, ClaremontReginald Summerhayes, Marshall Clifton
Raffles HotelCanning Highway, Applecross1937William G. Bennett
Sawyers Valley Tavern10860 Great Eastern Hwy Sawyers Valley[12]1937William G. Bennett

Industrial buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
Former Emu Brewery (Demolished 1991)[13]102 The Esplanade, Perth1938Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
Lincoln Street Ventilation Stack57 Lincoln Street (cnr Smith Street), Highgate1935
South Fremantle Power StationRobb Road, North Coogee1946
Former Michelides Tobacco Factory (Demolished 2014)88 Roe Street (cnr Lake Street), Northbridge[14]1936Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown

Religious buildings

Name Address Date Architect Image
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Perth264 St Georges Terrace (cnr Elder Street), Perth1939Ochiltree & Hargrave
St Mary’s Anglican Church9 Ridge Street, South Perth1936William G. Bennett (Eales, Cohen and Bennett)
Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish154 Canning Highway, East Fremantle1940William Tracey (Cavanagh and Cavanagh)

References

  1. "Motor House, Perth". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. 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
  3. Taylor, Paul. Evolution of 16 Bellevue Terrace.Waltzing moderne, Autumn 2000, p.8-9+11
  4. "Chisholm House (fmr)". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. "Mayfair Flats". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. Vincent Heritage: Heritage plaques
  7. 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
  8. 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,
  9. Piccadilly Theatre - article about cinema designed by William T. Leighton. The West Australian, 24 June 1987, p.58
  10. 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,
  11. Hotel Regatta - details of classic art deco building by architect J.J. Talbot Hobbs. Arts unlimited, Dec./Jan. 1994, p.36-37
  12. "Sawyers Valley Tavern". State Heritage.
  13. Statement issued by the Art Deco Society about the brewery building. Newsletter (Art Deco Society of Western Australia), June 1991, p.3-4
  14. Heritage Council Database, Place No: 16354, Michelides Tobacco Factory (fmr)
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