It was designed by architectural firm Atkinson and Conrad, and built in 1934 by contractor William Allen Miller.

Each brigade struggled to survive, unable to attract a viable subscription base, hampered by inadequate equipment and an unreliable water supply, and given a low priority among civic and government leaders.

[2] After the establishment of the South Coast railway in 1884, the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board was attempting to respond to the increased firefighting needs of the expanding Brisbane suburbs.

[2] During World War II, Yeronga Park was used by the United States Army as a military camp,[5] and an effigy of Adolf Hitler was hung from the awning at the fire station.

It was subsequently used as an office for the Queensland State Emergency Service, but was put up for sale by the Department of Natural Resources in 1999.

An awning with a pressed metal edging decorated with pateras and fluting shelters the engine room entrance to the School Road frontage and is supported by steel tie-rods fixed to the exterior of the first floor.

The fireman's pole terminated in a small hall in the centre of the building to the rear of the engine room.

All ground floor rooms are lined with tongue-and-groove boarding and have fibro sheeted battened ceilings.

The entrance to the residence opens off a small sheltered porch at the top of the stair through an arched doorway into a central hall.

Concrete vehicle tracks from Ipswich Road gateway finish at the rear of the station.

The former Yeronga Fire Station was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The former Yeronga Fire Station has aesthetic and architectural significance as a modest, functional civic building.

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

The former Yeronga Fire Station is an important example of the work of the architectural firm Atkinson and Conrad.