Freemasons Hall (fmr), Subiaco

Author

City of Subiaco

Place Number

02444

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Location

181 Roberts Rd Subiaco

Location Details

Local Government

Subiaco

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1929

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	22 May 2012
State Register	Registered	28 Feb 2006	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Sep 2002	Exceptional Significance (Level 1)	Exceptional Significance (Level 1) Listed on the State Register of Heritage Places or recommended for consideration for entry onto the State Register. Essential to the heritage of the City of Subiaco. High level of cultural heritage significance. Rare or outstanding example.
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	05 Sep 2088			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	13 May 1991			Heritage Council
Art Deco Significant Bldg Survey	Completed	30 Jun 1994			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place has historic significance representing the presence of the Masons in Subiaco during its development and settlement. It has social significance as a venue for various community events over the period of its history.

Physical Description

Brick, rendered brick and iron building with elaborate symmetrical façade featuring parapet, central pediment, central entrance porch in arched opening with engaged piers and extensive use of classical motifs in the decoration.

History

Demonstrates the ritual of the ancient practice of Freemasonry in the layout and quality of furniture. It is the most elaborately designed and finished building catering for Masonic ritual in WA, and one of the most impressive surviving Masonic Halls in WA. Foundation stone laid by Deputy Grand Master R.W. Bro. A.C. McCallum 14.7.1929. Renovated 1958. The building is now used by the WA Football Commission Inc. (Ref: AHC documentation)
North Subiaco developed as an area for residential and for the provision of community facilities from the early 1900s. The opening of the railway line established Subiaco as an area within close proximity to Perth for investors and as a place for people to settle. With sales by Real estate release common, land near the railway platform was the first to be sold.
North of Subiaco Road was released as 'Subiaco Estate' in 1895 and south of Roberts Road (formally Mueller Road) was released in 1896. People settled along either side of the railway line, as the more affordable prices made the land accessible to workers.
Recreational facilities with the Municipal Gardens and Subiaco Oval being established for the local Football and Cricket Club also played an important role in attracting residents to the new area. Subiaco became known as the home of hospitals, and health care for the young became accessible with the first wing of a Children's Hospital at the corner of Thomas Road and Meuller Road (now Princess Margaret Hospital) opening in 1909. (Sources: Wise's Post Office Directory 1900-1930; Real Estate Maps, Battye Library Collection; Spillman, Ken Identity Prized: a history of Subiaco, City of Subiaco, UWA Press, 1985, pp.51-75, 160-169.

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
6639	Images CD No. 21 : Subiaco Masonic Hall, P&O Building, Perth.	C D Rom	2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL	Masonic Hall
Present Use	COMMERCIAL	Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Free Classical

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Zincalume
Wall	BRICK	Other Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Cultural activities
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	Depression & boom

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

22 Dec 2017

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