Walter Reid Community Arts Centre, Heritage arts center in Rockhampton, Australia.

Walter Reid Community Arts Centre is a three-story masonry building on East Street with horizontal recesses, a deep cornice, and decorative flagpoles across its front. Inside, gallery spaces, studios, and performance venues host various artistic activities and exhibitions.

The warehouse was built between 1900 and 1902 for the wholesalers Walter Reid & Co, to designs by Rockhampton architects Hutton & Hockings and built by Dennis Kelleher. Drought in central Queensland made heavy timber for the supporting posts hard to find, delaying work and pushing costs past £7000 by 1901. When finished it was the largest mercantile store in Queensland, a symbol of the port of Rockhampton.

The building is named after Walter Reid, who arrived in Rockhampton in 1862 and built a mercantile house trading wine, spirits and general merchandise with hotels and stations of central western Queensland. His firm's goods reached Keppel Bay by lighter down the Fitzroy River, and from 1881 British owners McIlwraith & McEachearn kept the Walter Reid & Co name.

The building stands at 203 East Street, on the corner with Derby Street, a short walk from the Fitzroy River wharves it once served. Its cartway ran through from East Street to Quay Lane, so approach from either side to read the facade. Check current opening hours before travelling, as access depends on the centre's programme.

The building keeps its original cement render facade and basement structure from its warehouse days, clearly showing its functional transformation. Visitors can see the architectural features of a former trading facility now dedicated to artistic activities.