Toowoomba Grammar School buildings
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School House, 1994
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| Location | 24-60 Margaret Street, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°33′53″S 151°58′03″E / 27.5646°S 151.9676°ECoordinates: 27°33′53″S 151°58′03″E / 27.5646°S 151.9676°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1875 - 1940s |
| Architect | Willoughby Powell |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: Toowoomba Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600850 |
| Significant period | 1870s-1910s (historical) 1870s-1940s (fabric) 1870s ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | garden/grounds, school/school room |
 Location of Toowoomba Grammar School buildings in Queensland
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Toowoomba Grammar School buildings are a heritage-listed pair of school buildings (School House and Old Hall) at Toowoomba Grammar School at 24-60 Margaret Street, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. They were designed by Willoughby Powell and built from 1875 to 1940s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Toowoomba Grammar School was the third Grammar School to be constituted under the Grammar Schools Act 1860-1864 following the establishment of Ipswich Grammar School (1863) and Brisbane Grammar School (1869). The foundation stone of the school house was laid by the Hon Charles Lilley on the 7 August 1875 and the school was officially opened on the 1 February 1877 by the Hon James Taylor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Toowoomba citizens took the first steps to establish a local Grammar School in January 1874 when a letter was sent to the Colonial Secretary, HH Massie, seeking approval for the project and a subscription list was opened in the Darling Downs Gazette. More than £2700 was raised within weeks from both large and small donations, securing a government grant of £5333 and a loan of £2000.
The Board of Trustees, elected during June 1874, selected the Old Queens Park as the site for the school. Thirteen acres of this 50 acre site was granted by the government and the remainder was secured by the Trustees at 10 pounds an acre as part of the government endowment. The initial board consisted of seven members, three subscribers representatives; William Graham MLA, George Henry Davenport and Samuel George Stephens and four Government representatives: James Taylor MLC, John Frederick McDougall MLC, Gilbert Elliot and Charles James Anderson.
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