Name: Wynnum School of Arts
Time: 1913 - Ceased?
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Category: School of Arts
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.4469716666667, 153.176388333333
Street Address: Wynnum School of Arts, 217-223 Bay Terrace, Wynnum
Suburb: Wynnum
Sector: Independent \'Community\'
Local Study Area: Wynnum-Wynnum West-Manly-Lota-Manly West
Study Stage: MBSH Stage 4 Local Study Areas
The Wynnum School of Arts was built in 1915. The first part of this buiding (central section) opened as the Wynnum-Many School of Arts library not long after WWI began. Later two extensions were added to either side of the School of Arts to provide a dining hall and a dance hall. This allowed the School of Arts to serve a wider community through being leased for social functions, such as dances, balls or wedding receptions. It was a venue for the district’s horticultural shows. It is a distinctive building with a triple gable joined to a central roofline. It continues its prime function, now. as the Wynnum Community Centre
Geographic Description 1: Outside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Moreton Bay (Southern); Wynnum Creek
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Small); Flood Gullies; Hills; Ridgeline (Wynnum North); Coastal
Brisbane City Council, Heritage Trail – Wynnum-Manly Series No.8 [1st Edition], (Brisbane: Brisbane City Council, 1991)
Wynnum School of Arts. Archive: State Library of Queensland, Image 72379.
