List of Art Deco buildings in Perth explained

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 Hwy, Nedlands	1938	W G Leighton
	8-10 The Esplanade, Perth	1931	F. G. B. Hawkins
Bank of NSW	899 Hay St, Perth	1935
Clock Tower Building & Moon Cafe	323 William Street, Northbridge^[1]	1930
De Feu & Co	38 Roe St, Northbridge	1939	William G Bennett
Devon House	729 Hay Street, Perth	1937	Baxter-Cox and Leighton
Family Stores	471 Murray Street, Perth	Poss 1930
	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^[2]
	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 Perth^[3] ^[4]	late 1920s	Samuel Rosenthal
	Canning Highway, Como	1954	K. D'Alton
Bulwer Park Flats	196 Bulwer St, Perth	1940	Harold Krantz
Chisholm House	32 Genesta Crescent, Dalkeith	1939	Oswald Chisholm^[5]
Flats 72 Stirling Hwy	72 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands	1938	Howard Krantz
Glendower Flats	15 Glendower Street, Perth
Greenough Flats	114 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands	1940	Horace Costello
Kylemore	43 Jutland Parade, Dalkeith	1937	Horace Costello
	2-4 Sherwood Court, Perth	1937	Hennessy, Hennessy & Co and Reginald Summerhayes
Mayfair Flats	83 Carr Street, West Perth	1936	William G. Bennett^[6]
New Court Flats	35 Mary Street, Highgate	1940
Residence 135 Guildford Rd	135 Guildford Road, Maylands
Rostrevor Flats^[7]	173 Goderich Street, Perth	1937	Cavanagh & Cavanagh
Preston Flats^[8]	264 Stirling Street, East Perth	1940
Sabovsky Flats	55 Stirling Hwy Nedlands	1940	Howard Krantz
Tassia Court	11 Parry Street, Perth	1940
Torbay Flats	189 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands	1938

Cinemas and theatres

Name	Address	Date	Architect	Image
Astor Theatre	659 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley	1939		File:Piccadilly Cinema and Arcade, Perth.jpg
Cygnet Cinema (formerly Como Theatre)	16 Preston Street, Como^[9]	1938
Luna Leederville (formerly New Oxford Theatre)	159 Oxford Street, Leederville	1927	Samuel B. Rosenthal
	650-658 Hay Street, Perth	1937
	700-704 Hay Street, Perth^[10] ^[11]	1938
	474 Hay Street, Subiaco	1938
	98 Stirling Highway, Nedlands	1937
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^[12] ^[13]	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
	560 Hay Street, Perth	1937	Hobbs and Forbes^[14]
Highway Hotel/Coronado Hotel (Claremont Medical Centre)^[15]	206 Stirling Highway, Claremont	1940	Reginald Summerhayes, Marshall Clifton
	Canning Highway, Applecross	1937

Industrial buildings

Name	Address	Date	Architect	Image
	11 Summers Street, East Perth	1938
Emu Brewery (Fmr) (Demolished 1991)^[16]	102 The Esplanade, Perth	1938	Oldham, Boas and Ednie-Brown
	57 Lincoln Street (cnr Smith Street), Highgate	1941^[17]	A. E. Clare
Mackay's Aerated Waters	10-22 Money Street, Perth	1943	Powell, Cameron and Chisholm
Magnet House (Capitol Building)	393 Murray Street, Perth	1936
South Fremantle Power Station		1946
Former Michelides Tobacco Factory (Demolished 2014)	88 Roe Street (cnr Lake Street), Northbridge^[18]	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 Ave, Claremont	1929
Co-Masonic Temple	110 Brisbane Street, Perth	1936
	Railway Road, Karrakatta
King Edward Memorial Hospital Entrance	Bagot Road, Subiaco	1938	A. E. Clare
Masonic Hall (Druids Hall)	130 Guildford Rd, 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, Perth^[19]	1939	Ochiltree and Hargrave
St. John Ambulance Claremont Sub Centre^[20]	282 Stirling Hwy, Claremont	1965
Swan Army Barracks East Wing	2 Francis St, Northbridge	1939	M Finlayson

Religious buildings

Name	Address	Date	Architect	Image
	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^[21]	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
	Kings Park, Perth	1934
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
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
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
	10860 Great Eastern Hwy Sawyers Valley^[22]	1937

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
	88 William Street, Perth	1923

See also

• List of Art Deco architecture
• List of Art Deco architecture in Oceania

Notes and References

1. http://vincentheritage.com.au/heritage-plaques/ Vincent Heritage: Heritage plaques
2. Web site: Motor House, Perth . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 1 October 2018.
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. Web site: Chisholm House (fmr) . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 1 October 2018.
6. Web site: Mayfair Flats . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 1 October 2018.
7. Web site: Rostrevor Flats . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 14 May 2020.
8. Web site: Preston Flats . Heritage Council of Western Australia .
9. 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
10. 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,
11. Piccadilly Theatre - article about cinema designed by William T. Leighton. The West Australian, 24 June 1987, p.58
12. Web site: Perth Girls' School . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 14 May 2020.
13. Web site: Perth Girls' School . Australian Heritage Database . 14 May 2020.
14. Hotel Regatta - details of classic art deco building by architect J.J. Talbot Hobbs. Arts unlimited, Dec./Jan. 1994, p.36-37
15. Web site: Highway Hotel (Former) . Australian Heritage Database . 25 January 2021.
16. Statement issued by the Art Deco Society about the brewery building.Newsletter (Art Deco Society of Western Australia), June 1991, p.3-4
17. Web site: Assessment Documentation. Heritage Council of Western Australia .
18. Heritage Council Database, Place No: 16354, Michelides Tobacco Factory (fmr)
19. 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,
20. Town of Claremont Local Government Inventory 2014, Assessment 2077
21. Web site: St Columba's Church . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 14 May 2020.
22. Web site: Sawyers Valley Tavern. State Heritage.