Designed by the Department of Public Works employee, Thomas Pye, the building is a large two-storey brick structure and is a good example of the style of education facilities that government architect's were producing at the time.

Following the fire, the city council decided that a new town hall should be built on the School of Arts site.

Prior to this, technical education in Toowoomba had been organised by local committees, often associated with the School of Arts.

The solid, free-classical design is surmounted by a hipped room, covered with "rolled iron" and topped with a ventilation fleche; the signature of a public building from this age.

The urban nature of the site is reflected in the corner pavilions, with cornices and parapets, that are built up to the street alignment of the property.

The main building as built in 1911 substantially follows the original sketch design, however, the brick chemical laboratory and carpentry workshop were deleted.

[1] The Toowoomba Technical College Building, Block A, is a two-storey brick structure, relieved with sandstone dressings and some stucco, such as the pebble-dash balustrades marking the colonnade facing Margaret Street.

[1] Toowoomba Technical College (former) was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

With the intervention of the Government, funding improved and a number of new purpose-designed buildings were constructed, including the Toowoomba Technical College in 1911.

The former Toowoomba Technical College holds a special association with the establishment of vocational education in regional Queensland.

[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.

Designed by Thomas Pye, architect for the Department of Public Works and built by Alexander Mayes, Mayor of Toowoomba from 1916-1917.