St John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Maylands

Statement of Significance

The place has aesthetic value as an intact example of the Late Twentieth Century Ecclesiastical style. The place has historic value for its association with the establishment and development of the Ukrainian Catholic church in Western Australia. The place has social value for the members of the congregation and wider community who have attended services or social events at this place since 1966.

Physical Description

The complex consists of three single storey buildings on a large corner lot with frontages to both Ferguson Street and Sherwood Street. The church building is located on the corner of the lot and is a cross plan form constructed of face brick with an unusual tiled gabled roof. The gable is unusual in the sense that the steps are at a ninety degree angle from the pitch which makes it appear like a smaller gable protruding from the main gable. Facing Ferguson Street is a single storey house of brick construction. It is face brick to dado height and rendered above, with a tiled hipped and gabled roof. It has a projecting bay to the right of centre with a gable above and a single car garage on the left side of the house within the main roofline. The front entry is recessed and located between the garage and projecting bay, it has a gablet above with a cross ridge ornament. Between the church and house is a two storey brick apartment building. The front façade has been divided into bays with a series of columns to the left and engaged columns to the right. The left side has brick balustrades to the upper floor balconies, creating a verandah to the ground floor. Windows are a combination of fixed panes and awnings in sets.

History

The church on this lot was built in 1965 and opened in 1966. The establishment of this church owes its origins to the significant migration of eastern European migrants in the years following World War II. Amongst them were leaders of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. In 1951, the Perth parish was established and the first liturgy held on 16 March 1952. In 1955, the Perth parish was granted the use of a chapel in Victoria Square, Perth. In 1958, the Perth parish was established with Rev Nicola Ivanco the first parish priest. In 1963, this site was acquired and blessed for the use of the parish. Throughout 1964 and 1965, the church was under construction and completed in 1966. The building was blessed in 1970 by Bishop Ivan Prasko. The adjacent accommodation block was built shortly thereafter. Since that time the complex of building have changed little in form or extent. Landscaping and some additional memorials have been added to the site.

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