This page is a list of historically significant Art Deco and Moderne buildings in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area.
Commercial buildings Name Address Date Architect Image Art Deco Shop (Persian Carpet Gallery) 102 Stirling Highway, Nedlands 1938 W G Leighton Atlas Building 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth 1931 F. G. B. Hawkins Bank of NSW 899 Hay Street, Perth 1935 Clock Tower Building & Moon Cafe 323 William Street, NorthbridgeVincent Heritage: Heritage plaques 1930 De Feu & Co 38 Roe Street, Northbridge 1939 William G Bennett Devon House 729 Hay Street, Perth 1937 Baxter-Cox and Leighton Family Stores 471 Murray Street, Perth Poss 1930 Gledden Building 731-737 Hay Street, Perth 1938 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown Harper's Buildings 810-824 Hay Street, Perth 1937 Edwin Summerhayes Hugh Howling Chemist 935 Hay Street, Perth c1932 Reginald Summerhayes Motor House 68 Milligan Street, Perth 1937 William G. Bennett, Powell, Cameron and Chisholm P&O Building 56-58 William Street, Perth 1930 Hobbs, Smith and Forbes Pensioners Funeral Service 359 Beaufort Street, Perth 1937 Samuel Rosenthal Swan Building Society 215 James Street, Guildford 1937
Apartments and residential buildings Name Address Date Architect Image Attunga Flats 103 Thomas Street, Subiaco 1937 Marshall Clifton Bellevue Mansions 16 Bellevue Terrace, West PerthBellevue 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.19Taylor, Paul. Evolution of 16 Bellevue Terrace.Waltzing moderne, Autumn 2000, p.8-9+11 late 1920s Samuel Rosenthal Blue Waters Canning Highway, Como 1954 K. D'Alton Bulwer Park Flats 196 Bulwer Street, Perth1940Harold Krantz Chisholm House 32 Genesta Crescent, Dalkeith 1939 Oswald Chisholm Flats 72 Stirling Hwy 72 Stirling Highway, Nedlands1938Howard Krantz Glendower Flats 15 Glendower Street, Perth Greenough Flats 114 Stirling Highway, Nedlands1940Horace Costello 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 New Court Flats 35 Mary Street, Highgate 1940 Residence 135 Guildford Rd 135 Guildford Road, Maylands Rostrevor Flats 173 Goderich Street, Perth 1937 Cavanagh & Cavanagh Preston Flats 264 Stirling Street, East Perth 1940 Sabovsky Flats 55 Stirling Highway, Nedlands 1940 Howard Krantz Tassia Court 11 Parry Street, Perth 1940 Torbay Flats 189 Stirling Highway, Nedlands1938
Cinemas and theatres
Name Address Date Architect ImageAstor Theatre 659 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley 1939 William T. Leighton Como Theatre (formerly Cygnet Cinema) 16 Preston Street, ComoVan Niekerk, Mike.(1987) Cygnet Theatre, originally named The Como Theatre - cinema designed by William T. Leighton. West Australian, 24 June 1987, p.58b-d 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, PerthGeneve, 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,Piccadilly Theatre - article about cinema designed by William T. Leighton. The West Australian 24 June 1987, p.58 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 MLC Barclay House Corry Lynn Road, Claremont 1939 Royal West Australian Institute for the Blind (West Australian Ballet Company Centre) 134 Whatley Crescent, Maylands 1937 A. E. Clare Perth Girls' School 2 Wellington Street, East Perth 1936 A. E. Clare, Len Green & Len Walters
Hotels and pubs
Name Address Date Architect Image Cottesloe Beach Hotel (former Hotel Cottesloe) 104 Marine Parade, cnr John Street, Cottesloe 1937 Hobbs, Forbes and Partners Criterion Hotel (former Regatta Hotel) 560 Hay Street, Perth 1937 Hobbs and ForbesHotel Regatta - details of classic art deco building by architect J.J. Talbot Hobbs. Arts unlimited, Dec./Jan. 1994, p.36-37 Highway Hotel/Coronado Hotel (Claremont Medical Centre) 206 Stirling Highway, Claremont 1940 Reginald Summerhayes, Marshall Clifton Raffles Hotel Canning Highway, Applecross 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)Statement issued by the Art Deco Society about the brewery building. Newsletter (Art Deco Society of Western Australia), June 1991, p.3-4 102 The Esplanade, Perth 1938 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown Lincoln Street Ventilation Stack 57 Lincoln Street (cnr Smith Street), Highgate 1941 A. E. Clare Mackay's Aerated Waters 10-22 Money Street, Perth 1943 Powell, Cameron and Chisholm Magnet House (building) 393 Murray Street, Perth 1936 South Fremantle Power Station Robb Road, North Coogee 1946 Former Michelides Tobacco Factory (Demolished 2014) 88 Roe Street (cnr Lake Street), NorthbridgeHeritage Council Database, Place No: 16354, Michelides Tobacco Factory (fmr) 1936 Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
Institutional buildings and facilities Name Address Date Architect Image Centenary Pavilion, Royal Agricultural Society Royal Show Grounds, 1 Ashton Avenue, Claremont1929 Co-Masonic Temple 110 Brisbane Street, Perth 1936 William G. Bennett Karrakatta Cemetery Columbarium Railway Road, Karrakatta King Edward Memorial Hospital Entrance Bagot Road, Subiaco 1938 A. E. Clare Masonic Hall (Druids Hall) 130 Guildford Road, Maylands 1937 Perth Dental Hospital (now WA Country Health Service)189 Wellington Street, Perth 1936 Reginald Summerhayes & George Rowe Royal Perth Hospital A Block and Wellington Street Entrance 197 Wellington Street, Perth 1939/1942 A. E. Clare St John’s Ambulance Building (Perth City YHA ) 300 Wellington Street, PerthTitle 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, 1939 Ochiltree and Hargrave St. John Ambulance Claremont Sub CentreTown of Claremont Local Government Inventory 2014, Assessment 2077 282 Stirling Hwy, Claremont 1965 Swan Army Barracks East Wing 2 Francis Street, Northbridge 1939 M Finlayson
Religious buildings Name Address Date Architect Image First Church of Christ, Scientist, Perth 264 St Georges Terrace (cnr Elder Street), Perth 1939 Ochiltree & Hargrave Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Helene & St Constantine 20 Parker Street, Northbridge 1937 Harold Boas of Oldham, Boas & Ednie Browne Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish 154 Canning Highway, East Fremantle 1940 William Tracey (Cavanagh and Cavanagh) St Columba's Church 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 Municipal Chambers 308 Stirling Highway, Claremont 1935 Reginald Summerhayes Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial Kings Park, Perth 1934 Harold Boas Guildford Council Chambers 97 James Street, Guildford 1900 Remodelled 1937 John Fitzhardinge of Eales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge Guildford Fire Station 2 Meadow Street, Guildford 1934 K C Duncan Guildford Town Hall 99 James Street (cnr Meadow Street), Guildford 1937 John Fitzhardinge of Eales, Cohen and Fitzhardinge Camelot Cinemas (former Mosman Park Memorial Hall) Lochee Street, Mosman Park 1939 Kreitmeyer and Rowe McNess Memorial Fountain Florence Hummerston Reserve, Perth 1940 William G Bennett 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 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 27 Bulwer Street, Perth, 1933 City Engineers Office
Country buildings Name Address Date Architect Image Lord Forrest Olympic Pool Cnr Cassidy and McDonald Streets, Kalgoorlie 1938 William G. Bennett Sawyers Valley Tavern 10860 Great Eastern Highway, Sawyers Valley 1937 William G. Bennett
Non Deco buildings of the era Name Address Date Architect Image Carlton Hotel 248-260 Hay Street (cnr Goderich Street), East Perth 1928 Eales and Cohen Walsh's Building 88 William Street, Perth 1923 Talbot Hobbs
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See also
List of Art Deco architecture List of Art Deco architecture in Oceania
References