Addresses
Type of place
Residence (singular), Hall
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
California Bungalow
This is an image of the local heritage place known as St Theresa and St Anthony's Parish Hall
St Theresa and St Anthony's Parish Hall
Addresses
Type of place
Residence (singular), Hall
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
California Bungalow
Also known as
St Anthony's Convalescent Home
Lot plan
L1_RP26078; L2_RP26078; L3_RP26078; L4_RP26078
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Cavanagh and Cavanagh (Architect);D. Cleary (Builder)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Also known as
St Anthony's Convalescent Home
Lot plan
L1_RP26078; L2_RP26078; L3_RP26078; L4_RP26078
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Cavanagh and Cavanagh (Architect);D. Cleary (Builder)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
The former presbytery of the Franciscan parish priest of the Little Flower Catholic Church of Kedron was opened on 23 August 1926. Its construction demonstrated the consolidation and strength of the early Catholic congregation of Kedron which had formed in 1923 as part of the Wooloowin parish. The formative Kedron parish had, in the preceding years of 1923 and 1924, built their ‘Little Flower’ church twice. The first timber church, designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh, was destroyed by a cyclone in January 1924. The foundation stone of a replacement fine brick church was blessed and laid by Archbishop Duhig on 27 April 1924.
In June 1926 the parish priest, Father E. A. Stanaway applied to have contractors D. Cleary of Wooloowin, construct a new building on allotments 1 – 7 of portion 97 at an estimated cost of £2,500. Reporting its opening on 22 August 1926, the Brisbane Courier noted that the presbytery was an “appropriate addition” to the church. “In speaking of the substantial nature of the new building” Father Stanaway “said he had been guided by … a body of sound businessmen” who advised him that a “shabby building” would be false economy. Designed by architects Cavanagh and Cavanagh, the building’s cost of £1,560 was justified in terms of the future needs of the district and the strong construction required to withstand a cyclone. The addition of furniture etc would take the cost to £2,500. Monsignor Byrne, who officially opened the presbytery, noted that a beautiful convent and school was intended to be built nearby in the future.
The foundation stone of St Anthony’s school was laid in 1929 and the presbytery which the Franciscan Fathers had been occupying was passed onto the Missionary Sisters of St Francis who were to run the adjacent St Anthony’s School. When the sisters moved into ‘Delamore’ in 1939, the house became a convalescent home for World War II evacuees and was still a convalescent home in 1950. In 1958 the veranda was enclosed and the building converted to tenements. Since the early 1970s the building has been used as a parish hall.
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:
References
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Brisbane City Council. Building Cards. 66 Turner St Kedron
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Brisbane City Council. Building Registers 1926
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Brisbane Courier 28 May 1923 – 23 November 1929. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/16 St Therese’s ‘Little Flower’ Catholic Church Kedron http://www.brisbanestories.webcentral.com.au/stafford/01_cms/details.asp?ID=41 (accessed April 2011)
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised September 2020)