People's Palace, Brisbane
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The People's Palace, diagonally opposite Brisbane's Central railway station, 2009
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| Location | 308 Edward Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′01″S 153°01′32″E / 27.467°S 153.02544°ECoordinates: 27°28′01″S 153°01′32″E / 27.467°S 153.02544°E |
| Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | March 1910 - 1911 |
| Architect | Colonel Saunders |
| Architectural style(s) | Federation style |
| Official name: People's Palace | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600096 |
| Significant period | 1910-1911, 1913 (fabric) |
| Significant components | elevator |
 Location of People's Palace, Brisbane in Queensland
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The People's Palace is a heritage-listed building and a former temperance hotel in the Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at 308 Edward Street on the southern corner with Ann Street, diagonally opposite to Brisbane's Central Railway Station. It was designed by Colonel Saunders and built from 1910 to 1911. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Commandant Herbert Booth of the Salvation Army first proposed a People's Palace for Brisbane in July 1899, following the success of the People's Palace in Sydney. However, the original vision was for intended as a refuge or shelter accommodation.
The People's Palace was built in 1910–1911 by the Salvation Army as a temperance hotel to provide inexpensive "working class" accommodation for travellers. It was designed by the Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders, the Salvation Army's architect and secretary for property affairs. It was situated across the road from the Temperance Hall operated by the Brisbane Total Abstinence Society. The People's Palace comprised three floors of accommodation with 130 rooms, a service basement and a rooftop garden.Construction commenced in March 1910 under Saunders' personal supervision.
The concept of temperance hotels grew out of the temperance movement and the Peoples Palace was the first of its type in Queensland. No alcohol, gambling or "other evils" were permitted on the premises.
Although not quite complete, the hotel was decorated with bright flags and hangings to celebrate Coronation Day (22 June 1911), the coronation of King George V.
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