The Queensland Public Works Department (DPW) and Department of Public Instruction (DPI) were extremely enthusiastic about the brick school building s designed in the 1930s. They were considered monuments to progress embodying the most modern principles of the ideal education environment. A preliminary estimate of the cost of a new brick school building for Toowoomba North was made in January 1936, however, funding was not available in that financial year. In August 1936 a report on the material requirements for North Toowoomba Girls and Infants School recommended that construction of a new building be expedited. Finally, in February 1937, the Minister for Public Instruction decided that the Toowoomba North Schools' site should be used for the erection of one combined primary school to accommodate approximately 500 children - boys, girls and infants. The building was to be erected at the Mort Street end of the Taylor Street frontage and would use north and south lighting. Accommodation for instruction in Manual Training (woodwork only) and domestic science was to be provided and the building's siting was designed to provide as much ground for playing or sports purposes as possible. The work was to be carried out by the DPW using day labour. Depression-era brick school building s form a recognisable and important type, exhibiting many common characteristics. Frequently, these buildings were two storeys above an open undercroft and built to accommodate up to 1000 students. They adopted a symmetrical plan form and often exhibited a prominent central entry. The plan arrangement was similar to that of timber buildings, being only one classroom deep, accessed by a long straight verandah or corridor. This linear design could be built in stages if necessary; resulting in some complete designs never being realised. Ideally, the classrooms would face south with the verandah on the north but little concession was made for this and almost all Depression-era brick school building s faced the primary boundary road, regardless of orientation. Classrooms were commonly divided by folding timber partitions and the undercroft was used as covered play space, storage, ablutions and other functions. Despite their similarities, each Depression-era brick school building was individually designed by a DPW architect, which resulted in a wide range of styles and ornamental features being used within the overall set. These styles, which were derived from contemporary tastes and fashions, included: Arts and Crafts, typified by half-timbered gable-ends; Spanish Mission, with round-arched openings and decorative parapets; and Neo-classical, with pilasters, columns and large triangular pediments.