Perry House, Brisbane, Heritage site in Brisbane, Australia
Perry House occupies 167 Albert Street as an eight-story building combining timber frame and brick construction with decorative corner turrets and horizontal cement bands. The interior has been modified with modern office spaces, lowered ceilings, and covered columns to suit contemporary work needs.
Designed in 1910 by Claude William Chambers for Perry Brothers, a hardware firm trading in Brisbane since 1860, the building was erected by Thomas Keenan from 1911 to early 1913; strikes slowed work. Lange Powell managed construction and designed the extra storey added in 1923. It was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 27 October 1994.
The building reflects how Queensland's retail firms grew into major wholesale operations during the early twentieth century. Its corner turrets and distinctive design show the ambition that successful merchants displayed through their commercial buildings.
The building sits on Albert Street in Brisbane's central business district and is easily reached on foot. The exterior architecture and historic details are viewable from the street, though interior access is typically restricted to current occupants.
The original brick parapet carried the name "Perry Bros. Ltd."; it was removed in 1923 to insert an extra storey between the corner turrets, and the present parapet above that storey reads "Perry House". The 1911-13 build was slowed by frequent strikes.
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