East of the city
323-327 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park
Coolgardie Chambers (1934) Corner of King George St and Albany Hwy, Victoria Park Corner setting, opposite to Harrold’s Chambers, built in Inter-War Art Deco style.
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Harrold’s Chambers (1934) 323-327 Albany Hwy, Corner of King George St and Albany Highway,Victoria Park Built in the Inter-War Art Deco style for Edmund Joseph Harrold.
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St Peter’s Anglican, (1935) 11 Leonard St, Victoria Park. ( just off Albany Hwy) Architects: Herbert Parry and Marshall Clifton built this church with an imposing “Romanesque” style façade and a well-proportioned “Mediterranean” type external detail that blends well with the Art Deco interior detailing.
read moreUnited Friendly Societies Building
United Friendly Societies Building 547-553 Albany Highway (1940) It was built on the site of one of the first soap factories in WA. Sited as a corner shop with an Art Deco facade with a simple monopitch corrugated iron roof. Friendly Society Dispensaries were first established in Australia in the 1840’s. They were established as a direct response to two significant problems of the day – one was the high cost of medicines and the fact that many chemists commonly adulterated their drugs. So they had the philosophy of a true...
read moreArmadale District Hall
Armadale District Hall (1935) Cnr of Jull St and Church Ave, Armadale. Architects: Oldham, Boas and Ednie- Brown . This building represents the architecture of a significant period of prosperity and development in the district during the mid to late 1930s. The Hall was opened by the Lieut. Governor, Sir James Mitchell in 1936. Like many other district halls built at the...
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Ray White Real Estate, 36 Jull Street, Armadale (1950) Architect : Marshall Clifton and Leach, an intact example of the Interwar Old English style. It is characterized by the steep pitched roof, porch entrance and the ornate chimney. It was built as a residence and surgery for Dr and Mrs Colyer, he was the town’s first full time resident doctor.
read moreYe Olde Narrogin Inne
Ye Olde Narrogin Inne, (1937) Cnr of Albany and South Western Highways Armadale. Architect: John Fitzhardinge . This building is designed in the Tudor Revival style by is an important landmark building with historical significance at this junction forming the main gateway to Armadale. This building replaced the original staging Inn erected in 1857.
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Canning Dam (1940) McNess Drive , Royleystone. Work commenced in 1933 which gave jobs to men suffering from the hardships of the Great Depression. Built on the Darling escarpment, it was innovative and the structural and hydrolic design was considered to be at the forefront of concrete gravity design at that time.
read moreContour channel and Pipeline Entry Basin
Contour channel and Pipeline Entry Basin( 1935-1937), Lot 50 Canning Mills Rd, Kelmscott. The Contour Channel carried water from Canning Dam to the metropolitan area entirely by gravity without any pumps and was operational for nearly 40 years until 1979 when it was made redundant. Building it during the Great Depression was back-breaking work but provided work for 250 men and their needy families.
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