Manor Apartment Hotel
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Manor Apartment Hotel, 2013
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| Location | 289 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′04″S 153°01′42″E / 27.4677°S 153.0283°ECoordinates: 27°28′04″S 153°01′42″E / 27.4677°S 153.0283°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1930 - 1931 |
| Architect | Hennessey, Hennessey & Co |
| Official name: Newspaper House, Colonial Mutual Life Building, The Manor Apartments | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600150 |
| Significant period | 1930-1931 (fabric) 1931-1983 (historical) |
| Significant components | decorative features, furniture/fittings |
| Builders | Concrete Construction (QLD) Limited |
 Location of Manor Apartment Hotel in Queensland
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Manor Apartment Hotel is a heritage-listed former office building and now apartment hotel at 289 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hennessey, Hennessey & Co and built from 1930 to 1931 by Concrete Construction (QLD) Limited. It is also known as Colonial Mutual Life Building and Newspaper House. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The building was constructed between 1930 and 1931 for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CML).
The Queensland branch of CML was formed in June 1874. In 1883 the society built offices at 62 Queen Street (Colonial Mutual Chambers). In August 1906 CML purchased this site at 289 Queen Street, adjacent to the General Post Office in the heart of the Brisbane Central Business District, and constructed new premises. The first building was demolished in 1930 to enable the construction of a new commodious building on the site for the expanding society. Between 1925 and 1934 much of the south side of Queen Street was redeveloped, including National Mutual Life Association Building (1926), the Commonwealth Bank (1929) and the Australian Mutual Provident Society building (1931-1934).
To compensate for the site's narrow frontage of 33 feet (9.9 metres), an agreement was made between the Commonwealth authorities, who administer the adjoining General Post Office, and CML to allow a "right-of-way to extend the full depth of the building". In October 1930, the yet-to-demolished buildings sustained some damage following a fire; however, the fire was not the reason for the construction of the current building (as some sources suggest) as the plans had already been announced a month earlier. Demolition of the old offices was underway by November 1930, with construction of the current building well underway by February 1931.
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