Addresses
Type of place
Tram / bus shelter
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Arts and Crafts
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Tram shelter (former)
Tram Shelter (former)
Addresses
Type of place
Tram / bus shelter
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Arts and Crafts
This hipped-roof, pavilion, waiting shelter shed was designed by Brisbane City Council was designed in the early 1920s by Council’s City Engineer Frank Costello. The shelter was a component of the Annerley tramline that was extended to Moorooka in 1937 and then to Salisbury in World War Two. This shelter serviced the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases (opened 1901) that became the South Brisbane General Hospital in 1943. The tram line was still in operation in 1956 when a new 800-bed hospital was constructed in the grounds of the South Brisbane Hospital. The tram shelter continued to serve the needs of this new hospital when it was renamed the Princess Alexandria Hospital in 1960. The Brisbane City Council announced that it would cease running trams by March 1969. The former tram shelter has been reutilised to support Council’s bus services.
Also known as
Route 31 Ipswich Road Tram Shelter
Geolocation
-27.50044 153.035408
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Structure: Timber
People/associations
Brisbane City Council (Builder);Frank Costello (Architect)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Also known as
Route 31 Ipswich Road Tram Shelter
Geolocation
-27.50044 153.035408
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Structure: Timber
People/associations
Brisbane City Council (Builder);Frank Costello (Architect)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)