List of Art Deco buildings in Perth

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
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
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

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  Art deco building next door to the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands
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  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.
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.
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.
22. "Royal Perth Hospital A & N Block". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia.
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.
26. "Perth Oval Entrance". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia.