The foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Dunne on 28 October 1900 and was constructed according to the plan of St Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton, designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley.

While the new church was under construction, St Mary's Parish Hall was built to serve as a temporary place of worship.

The present presbytery, built in 1876, was designed by the Italian architect Andrea Stombuco who had moved to Brisbane in 1875.

[1] The current St Mary's Church is a substantial sandstone building constructed in a Gothic Revival style.

[1] St Mary's Presbytery is a two storeyed stone building constructed in the manner of an Italian villa, to the design of the architect Andrea Stombuco.

[1] St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Precinct was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The presbytery is a fine example of building designed in the Italian villa style, appropriate to the sub tropical climate of Brisbane.

Further this building is important as a good example of the work of the renowned Catholic architect, Andrea Giovanni Stombuco.

[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.