A projecting balconette at first floor level is adorned with intricate pressed cement detail depicting the thistle and scrolls.

[6] Motor vehicle retailer Cheney's originally occupied the ground floor as a showroom, including a turntable near the window to raise and rotate the featured car or truck.

Facilities included a 'rainbow grill' in the basement "where hamburgers, doughnuts, pies, and coffee – all done in the American style – are obtainable", a lounge and writing room on the ground floor, a dormitory for 142 troops and a gymnasium.

[12] In August 1976, the property was purchased at auction for $576,000 by a company associated with the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia, Vapold Pty Ltd.

[18] In 2011, the City of Melbourne nominated for heritage protection the orange star motif made of patterned terrazzo in Centenary Hall's ground floor foyer.