It was designed by Andrew Baxter Leven and built in 1928 by Queensland Department of Public Works.

[1] The State Government Offices was constructed under the supervision of the Queensland Department of Public Works in 1928.

The main entrance, on Flinders Street, is surmounted by a broken pediment with a crest supported on pairs of engaged square fluted columns, and is centrally located within a two storey colonnade.

[1] State Government Offices was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 January 1995 having satisfied the following criteria.

Townsville State Government Offices, erected in 1928, is significant as a good example of a building designed by the Department of Public Works in the 1920s influenced by classical revival styles.

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