Eymard House, Toowoomba

Eymard House in Annand Street, Toowoomba. I can't find much information on the building, but I like the simple but clever use of bricks as decoration on the facade.

South Brisbane Train Station, Brisbane

The South Brisbane Railway station was built in 1891. It was heritage listed in 1992, and was noted as being a "substantially intact masonry railway station with early platform furniture" (see the John Oxley Library blog for more information).  

An interesting design feature to note on the building - as can be seen below, the cast-iron columns on the varandah double as down-pipes.

71 Russell Street

71 Russell street, originally constructed on the site of  Neden Bros. Flour Mill, was built in 1907. It was designed by Henry Marks of James Marks and sons, a prominent Toowoomba practice of the period. This ornate building adds its own flare to the character of the historic street and has doubtless been capturing people's imagination since its completion more than a hundred years ago.

Information on the Building was found in the "A walk Though History - Toowoomba's Russell Street" Brochure. The brochure can be viewed in full here.

Matilda House

Originally built between 1885 and 1890, the building was made to look more 'modern' at some point in the mid-1900's with the addition of a new façade. This flat brick shopfront closes in what used to be an open verandah on the upper storey (the original outside skin of the building can be seen through the upper windows). The building was originally built as a boarding house and the establishment's name, "Schaffer's Boarding House", appeared on the arc across the roof which can still be seen today. It was later turned into a coffee house and was known as "The Central Coffee Palace".

The Grand Hotel, Goomeri




The Art Deco style Grand Hotel in Goomeri was built in 1943 after a fire destroyed the original timber building in 1939. An image of the original building can be seen here.


 

 

Goomeri Post Office

The original Goomeri Post Office was destroyed in a fire along with the Grand Hotel across the Lane Way in 1939. The current building was later built on the same site.

A photo of the original timber building can be seen here.