[3] Hillson Beasley, the chief architect of the Public Works Department of Western Australia, approved the plans for the Fremantle Technical School on 20 July 1912.

It has 270 feet (82 m) of frontage along South Terrace and was made from brick with a local limestone base.

Designed to have ten new classrooms each to hold 30 students it provided access to the first floor via a wide stairway opening onto a large landing.

[2] The brick and tile building was built in the Federation Free Style with banded stucco and stone.

[5] It was opened by Thomas Walker together with the Mayor of Fremantle, Frederick James McLaren, in attendance.