Five years prior to the construction of the church a brick hall (designed by Andrew Oswald Wilson) was built adjacent to the church's site, as the congregation was growing too large for their earlier Havelock Street hall,[1] where they had been for nearly 17 years.

[2] That earlier site was sold to the Catholic community, and the Hay Street land purchased from them for the purpose of constructing a church, hall, and manse.

[3] The church is named after Daniel Ross, who was minister of the West Perth Presbyterian congregation until his death in 1917.

[5] Senator Agnes Robertson was a longtime member of the church, teaching the girls' Bible class and becoming one of the first women to serve as a lay preacher.

[6] Plaques on the walls describe the dedication and West Perth Heritage Trail text: This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Sir John Forrest