Land Administration Building | |
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Land Administration Building, Queens Gardens facade, 2016
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Location | 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°28′22″S 153°01′29″E / 27.4727°S 153.0246°E |
Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
Built | 1899 - 1905 |
Built for | Queensland Government |
Architect | Thomas Pye |
Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
Official name: Land Administration Building, Former Executive Building | |
Type | state heritage (built) |
Designated | 21 October 1992 |
Reference no. | 600123 |
Significant period | 1900s early (fabric) 1900s-1970s (historical) |
Significant components | memorial - honour board/ roll of honour |
Builders | Arthur Midson |
Land Administration Building is a heritage-listed former government building at 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and built from 1899 to 1905 by Arthur Midson for the Queensland Government. It was also known as the Executive Building or (now) the Old Executive Building. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The building was originally occupied by the offices of the Lands and Survey Departments, the Premier of Queensland, the Executive Council, and the Queensland National Art Gallery. It contains a heritage-listed World War I Honour board.
Since 1995, the building has been used as the hotel of the Treasury Casino (the casino being located in the former Treasury Building).
This four-storeyed masonry government office building was erected between 1901 and 1905. Initially intended as offices for the Lands and Survey Departments, it was finished and occupied in 1905 as the Executive Building, accommodating both the Lands and Survey Departments and offices of the Premier and Executive Council. It is the most prominent Brisbane example of Queensland Government building activity associated with the economic recovery of the late 1890s and with the Federation of Australia.