St Martin's House
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St Martin's House, 2014
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| Location | 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′51″S 153°01′47″E / 27.4642°S 153.0297°ECoordinates: 27°27′51″S 153°01′47″E / 27.4642°S 153.0297°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | c. 1922 |
| Architect | Lange Leopold Powell |
| Architectural style(s) | Arts & Crafts |
| Official name: St Martin's House, St Martin's Hospital | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600075 |
| Significant period |
c. 1922 (fabric) 1920s-1970s (historical) |
| Significant components | theatre - operating, other - health/care services: component |
| Builders | Thomas Keenan |
 Location of St Martin's House in Queensland
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St Martin's House is a heritage-listed former private hospital and now administration building within the grounds of St John's Cathedral at 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Lange Leopold Powell and built c. 1922 by Thomas Keenan. It is also known as St Martin's Hospital. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
St Martin's House was built as a hospital by the Anglican Church as a memorial to those who had fought in World War I. The name St Martin's Hospital was chosen as the Armistice of World War I (11 November 1918) had been signed on St Martin's day.
In 1920, architect Lange Powell won the competition for the St Martin's War Memorial Hospital. Powell was known to be skillful with pen, ink work and watercolour render, therefore he submitted a perspective rendering of the hospital which was described by the Most Reverened St Clair Donaldson, Archbishop of Brisbane, as "a gem in architecture". It was an accomplished design by an eminent local architect with an eclectic repertoire.
The proposed site was on Wickham Terrace where Anzac House now stands, but it was rejected because it was considered too far out of town.The hospital is constructed using mainly bricks and stone on solid rock foundations. Thomas Keenan and Son were assigned as the contractors of the project.
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