Nestled in the quiet suburb of Mount Lawley just North of Perth there is a Masonic Hall built in 1928. It was designed by prolific Western Australian architect George Herbert Parry in an interwar ‘Beaux-Arts’ style. Parry was best known for his ecclesiastical work, but designed a number of iconic buildings in Western Australia. Of particular note is the Captain Stirling Hotel (The ‘Cap S’) and the ‘Soldiers Convalescent Home’ in the Perth Hills. The latter was designed in a ‘Dutch Cape’ style and modelled on ‘Groote Schuur’ the Capetown home of mining magnate and politician Cecil Rhodes.
The Masonic Hall is on Alma Road and during the Second World War it found a new purpose, as the 6th Fighter Sector Headquarters for the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) responsible for the air defence of Western Australia.
