[1] On Anzac Day (25 April) 1928 the Most Worshipful Brother Justice Charles Stumm laid the foundation stone.

The ground floor held the executive offices of the Grand Lodges of Queensland, a library and a museum.

In the centre of the large circular vestibule was the Urn of Remembrance to Brethren who died in the First World War.

The Grand Lodge room, approximately 91 by 71 by 32 feet (27.7 by 21.6 by 9.8 m), on the top floor, seated 1100 people, and was described in the Architecture and Building Journal in February 1928 as the "largest and finest of its kind in Australia".

[1][3] The Masonic Temple located in upper Ann Street is built in the Classical Revival style.

The front facade features six fluted giant order Corinthian columns, each five feet in diameter at the base, supporting a rich entablature and pediment.

[2] Between the two central columns are leadlight steel framed windows and the main entry door at the base of the building.

[1][2] The third (top) floor mainly taken up by the Grand Hall, a large symmetrical open space with a vaulted coffered ceiling and stepped seating facing the centre.

The interior walls have been rendered and given a sand float to give the appearance of sandstone and are surrounded by evenly spaced paired Corinthian pilasters.

[1][2] The floors are connected by a staircase consisting of varying coloured marble, white Carrara and black Buchan for the main stair with a green dado.

The stair also features a wrought iron balustrade with polished timber handrail, and is top lit from above.

[6] The symmetrical facade and overscale columns give the building great presence as part of the streetscape in this portion of Ann Street.

The Masonic Temple is significant for its contribution to the streetscape of Ann Street brought to prominence by the scale of its facade with its giant order Corinthian columns and for the grandeur of its internal spaces especially the Grand Hall and the Court of Remembrance around its Memorial Urn.