 The original building consisted of a central administration block which remained until 2007, with wards branching off to each side.From 1927 the Gala Day festival in Geelong helped raise money for the hospital.Further additions to the buildings included the boiler house on Swanston Street, the Kardinia Ward along Bellarine Street in the 1920s, and the Baxter House maternity hospital in 1954 (now the Geelong Private Hospital).