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Statement of Significance

The place has historic and aesthetic significance as a Federation Free Classical/ Warehouse style building constructed during the period of economic affluence and increased development that followed the gold boom.
It reflects the expansion and development of commerce and trade in the City of Perth.
It makes a positive contribution to the Queen Street streetscape.

Physical Description

Two storey commercial brick building with rendered details to parapet and windows. Corner treatment of decorative elements and pilasters. Rendered arches to ground floor level window and door openings loss of original awning. Loss of original to ground floor corner facade. Awning is not original.
Original rainwater heads, which provide drainage from the parapet gutter, are connected to recessed rectangular downpipes set into the front facade.

History

There was a rapid growth in the population of Western Australia and an increase in development in the city of Perth as a result of the prosperity from the 1890s goldrush. Many of the residential buildings located in the inner city near Queen Street were replaced with commercial buildings during this time. Queen Street was first established as a private road in the early 1890s and was acquired by the City of Perth in the late 1890s which provided more land for development close to the railway. The railway was completed in 1881 and overtook the river as the primary transport method. The west end area including Queen Street, King Street, west end of Murray and Hay Streets and part of Wellington Street became the location of warehouses and commercial buildings due to their proximity to the railway. Between 1900 and 1910 Queen changed from residential housing to being replaced with commercial buildings. Between World War One and the beginning of the Great Depression during a time of economic prosperity more commercial buildings were constructed in the inner city. No 34 was numbered No. 32 and No. 36 on the 1942 Metropolitan Water Supply Survey plan. It is a two-storey red brick building with a central entry. It has a simple parapet and arched windows. At ground floor level one side has lost its original large window opening which has been replaced with a roller door. In 1903 the building is first listed, but unnumbered. No. 32 was occupied by a leather goods manufacturer, and No. 36 was a clothier’s warehouse. In 1920 and up to at least 1949, the post office directory lists this building as a Salvation Army Men’s Home.
In 2012 the building was refurbished and the roof replaced. At 2021, the building is occupied by four different tenants.

Integrity/Authenticity

High level of integrity.
High level of authenticity. Largely as originally constructed. Some loss of detail to ground level.

Condition

Very Good

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