Vacy Hall
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Vacy Hall and gardens
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| Location | 135 Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°33′27″S 151°56′48″E / 27.5575°S 151.9466°ECoordinates: 27°33′27″S 151°56′48″E / 27.5575°S 151.9466°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | c. 1899 |
| Official name: Vacy Hall | |
| Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600858 |
| Significant period | 1890s-1920s (historical) 1890s (fabric) |
| Significant components | carriage way/drive, residential accommodation - main house, service wing, lead light/s, trees/plantings, steps/stairway, lawn/s, garden/grounds |
 Location of Vacy Hall in Queensland
Location of Vacy Hall in Queensland
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Vacy Hall is a heritage-listed villa at 135 Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1899. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This single storeyed brick residence was erected in 1899 for Gilbert Gostwyck Cory and his wife Ann Sophy, daughter of the Hon. James Taylor. It is one of a number of substantial residences erected along Russell Street, including Taylor's own residence, Clifford House. Designed by notable/prolific Toowoomba architect James Marks, and built by Alexander Mayes, a prominent Toowoomba builder and three-times Mayor of Toowoomba, it was the second residence to be erected on this site.
Cory arrived in Toowoomba in the late 1850s, and was employed by Taylor at Cecil Plains Station. Cory later became Taylor's partner and was involved in other pastoral ventures in Queensland. Cory was an active member of the Toowoomba and district community, serving on both the Jondaryan Shire Council, Toowoomba Town Council; Mayor of Toowoomba in 1891; a longstanding member and President of the Royal Agricultural Society; member of the Toowoomba Hospital committee; and a founding member of the Toowoomba Turf Club.
The land on which Vacy Hall stands had been granted to William Horton in 1852, and was acquired by Taylor in 1868, as part of a number of allotments purchased by Taylor and Henry Stuart Russell in the late 1860s. A residence is believed to have been erected in the mid 1870s, possibly as a present from Taylor to his daughter on her marriage to Cory in 1873. This building was damaged by fire late in 1898.
Taylor died in 1895 and the property passed into the hands of trustees, which included Taylor's widow, two of Taylor's sons, and Cory. In 1897 the property was transferred to Ann Cory. Ann died in 1909, and the property passed to Cory, who remained at Vacy Hall until his death in 1924.
Following Cory's death, Vacy Hall had a succession of owners. It remained a private home until the 1950s when it was converted to apartments, offices and finally a boarding house/hostel.
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