| Atlas Building | |
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 Atlas Building in 2017 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Heritage listed building |
| Location | Perth, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°57′23″S 115°51′29″E / 31.956401°S 115.857989°E |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 9 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]
- A. B. Webb School of Art – run by Archibald Bertram Webb[9][10]
- Commonwealth Crown Solicitor's Office
- Conigrave & Co estate agents[11][12]
- Hill, Mclean Pty Ltd – Western Australian wool buying firm
- Commonwealth Government's Legal Service Bureau
- Perth Road Board
- Women's Australian National Service
The Museum of Perth is located within the Atlas Building.[8]
- ^ Illustrations Ltd (1931), Atlas Building under construction, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth, 28 February 1931, retrieved 11 January 2020
- ^ Illustrations Ltd (1931), The Atlas Building, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth under construction, 29 January 1931, retrieved 11 January 2020
- ^ Illustrations Ltd (1930), The Atlas Building, 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth under construction, 28 July 1930, retrieved 11 January 2020
- ^ 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
- ^ Atlas Assurance Company limited, established 1808, BPC Bankers' Magazine Ltd, 1938, retrieved 11 January 2020
- ^ Wynne, Emma (1 November 2013). "Open House Perth: Geyer studio". ABC Radio Perth. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "A History of the Atlas Building". Museum of Perth. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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) - ^ "Building Lots Auctioned At Bayswater". The West Australian. Western Australia. 1 October 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cannington Land Sold". The West Australian. Western Australia. 21 May 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Trove.