Atlas Building, Perth

Atlas Building
Atlas Building in 2017
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General information
TypeHeritage listed building
LocationPerth, Western Australia
Coordinates31°57′23″S 115°51′29″E / 31.956401°S 115.857989°E / -31.956401; 115.857989 (Atlas Building)
TypeState Registered Place
Designated9 February 1996
Reference no.1975

The Atlas Building is a heritage-listed building in Perth, Western Australia. It is located in the Perth central business district at 8–10 The Esplanade, and sits along the south-western side of Sherwood Court.

The construction of the building in the 1930s was well documented.[1][2][3][4]

The building was constructed for the Atlas Assurance Company, in an Inter-War Free Classical style, with an art-deco entrance and elevator.[5] It has historical significance both architecturally and as one of few commercial developments in Perth constructed during the depression years.[6][7] In addition to Atlas, occupants of the building have included:[8]

The Museum of Perth is located within the Atlas Building.[8]

  1. ^ Illustrations Ltd (1931), Atlas Building under construction, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth, 28 February 1931, retrieved 11 January 2020
  2. ^ Illustrations Ltd (1931), The Atlas Building, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth under construction, 29 January 1931, retrieved 11 January 2020
  3. ^ Illustrations Ltd (1930), The Atlas Building, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth under construction, 28 July 1930, retrieved 11 January 2020
  4. ^ Illustrations Ltd (1930), The Atlas Building under construction for the Atlas Assurance Company, 8-10 the Esplanade, Perth, November 28th 1930, retrieved 11 January 2020
  5. ^ Atlas Assurance Company limited, established 1808, BPC Bankers' Magazine Ltd, 1938, retrieved 11 January 2020
  6. ^ Wynne, Emma (1 November 2013). "Open House Perth: Geyer studio". ABC Radio Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. ^ Heritage Council of Western Australia (9 February 1996). "Register of Heritage Places - Assessment Documentation: Atlas Building" (PDF). Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "A History of the Atlas Building". Museum of Perth. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  9. ^ Gooding, Janda; Webb, A. B. (Archibald Bertram), 1887-1944; Art Gallery of Western Australia (2004), Sunshine and Shadow : A. B. Webb and the poetics of place, Art Gallery of Western Australia, ISBN 978-0-9750168-6-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Webb, A. B. (Archibald Bertram), 1887-1944; Trethowan, Edith, 1901-1939; Darbyshire, Beatrice, 1901-1988; Art Gallery of Western Australia; Australian Gallery Directors Council (1979), A. B. Webb, Edith Trethowan and Beatrice Darbyshire : Western Australian printmakers of the 1920s and 1930s, Art Gallery of Western Australia, retrieved 11 January 2020{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Building Lots Auctioned At Bayswater". The West Australian. Western Australia. 1 October 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "Cannington Land Sold". The West Australian. Western Australia. 21 May 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.