[2] The building was designed by former Queensland Government Architect, Colonel Thomas Pye, and was opened in November 1925.

On 5 September 1870, a public meeting was held at the Enoggera Hotel to initiate the establishment of a school for the area.

When opened, the school was described as:[10]"... substantially constructed of hardwood, is 40 foot long by 20 wide, and has a spacious verandah.

[4] At the official opening of the new school building on Saturday 7 October 1916, William Field Lloyd, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Enoggera suggested should be converted into a School of Arts (mechanics' institute), a facility needed in the area.

[14] The School of Arts officially opened on Saturday 17 February 1917 by William Field Lloyd with at least 150 books in the library and a selection of magazines and newspapers were provided.

and the local School of Arts Committee, and with the assistance of “a patriotic community,” the sum of £1237 was collected towards the cost (£1625), while satisfactory arrangements had been made for financing the balance.

This element is more pronounced in Pye's other works including the Land Administration Building and the former Woolloongabba Post Office, although may not be original at the memorial hall.

This treatment of the gable pediment is reminiscent of the domestic vernacular observable in the Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove.

Two symmetrical windows are situated below the pediment of the building proper, each divided into three rectangular parts with vertical, horizontal and diagonal mullions, forming an asterisk pattern.

The original design sketches indicate the incorporation of a ventilation tower typical of Pye's architecture[22] and demonstrated in the Rockhampton Branch of the Queensland State Government Savings Bank building, Wooloowin State School, the Naval Offices in Brisbane and the Brisbane General Post Office Elizabeth Street additions amongst others.

This geometry complements that of the windows located at the front of the space and corresponds to the fenestration that runs the length of the hall.