Foresters Hall

This timber hall was built between June and September in 1888 for the Trustees of Court Foresters' Hope, number 6535 of the Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society, United Brisbane District. The Paddington Foresters' Hall was designed by the Brisbane architect, Alexander Brown Wilson, and was built by W Taylor after his tender for was accepted in May 1888. The hall was built on a subdivision of an estate originally purchased by Bennett Clay at a sale of crown land in 1861. The title deed was then transferred to John Robertson of Sydney in 1864. In 1885 Robertson subdivided his 17 acre estate when the trustees of Court Foresters' Hope purchased subdivision 22, apparently for .

Foresters' Hall is located on the southern side of Latrobe Terrace near the intersection of Given Terrace. The single-storeyed timber building abuts the street frontage and has an awning that extends over the footpath to the roadside kerbing. The land slopes steeply down towards the rear of the property allowing for a small residence to be constructed at basement level, beneath the main hall. Foresters' Hall is basically a rectangular form building set on concrete stumps and clad mainly with chamferboards, except at the rear where they have been replaced with weatherboards. The corrugated iron hipped roof is hidden from the street a pedimented parapet that extends across the building's…