[2] The People's Palace was built in 1910–1911 by the Salvation Army as a temperance hotel to provide inexpensive "working class" accommodation for travellers.

In the early morning of Thursday 20 January 1938, an electrical wire started a fire and burned out the upper storey.

[1] As at July 2021, it was owned by Yamaji Australia Development (a Japanese property company) and leased to Tourism Adventure Group who operated it as a youth hostel.

[12] This large Federation style building is a predominantly red brick structure with painted cement rendered trimmings, decorative cast-iron work, and a corner tower.

[1] The plan form is that of a hollow rectangle, with the central opening providing light and air to the rooms.

The semi-circular arched and circular windows to the tower have cream painted cement render dressings to contrast with the red brick.

The original lift with its sliding doors, timber panelling and surrounding stairwell remains beside the entry foyer.

[1] Its very distinctive appearance derives from the extensive use of decorative cast iron work for the balustrades of its verandahs and from the contrast of the cream-coloured render against the red brick on the upper part of the tower.

[1] The Peoples Palace is important in exhibiting aesthetic characteristics valued by the community in particular, it is a fine example of a Federation brick and render building with the corner entry tower and decorative cast-iron work on the verandahs.

The Peoples Palace is important in exhibiting aesthetic characteristics valued by the community in particular, it is a fine example of a Federation brick and render building with the corner entry tower and decorative cast-iron work on the verandahs.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.