Lady Bowen Hospital

Lady Bowen Hospital
Former Lady Bowen Hospital, c. 1912
Location	497–535 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°27′40″S 153°01′11″E / 27.4611°S 153.0198°E / -27.4611; 153.0198
Design period	1870s–1890s (late 19th century)
Built	1889–1890
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Lady Bowen Hospital Complex (former), Anzac House and Club, Lady Bowen Hostel, Queensland Lying-In Hospital
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	23 April 1999
Reference no.	601798
Significant period	1880s, 1920s, 1940s (fabric) 1880s–1940s (historic)
Significant components	clubroom/s / clubhouse, hospital, ward – enclosed, residential accommodation – nurses' quarters
Builders	John Quinn
Location of Lady Bowen Hospital in Queensland

Lady Bowen Hospital is a heritage-listed former maternity hospital and now social housing and office complex at 497–535 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John H. Buckeridge and built from 1889 to 1890 by John Quinn. It was also known as Brisbane Lying-In Hospital and the Lady Bowen Hostel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 April 1999. The complex consists of the former hospital and nurses' quarters buildings; a third building which had been contained in the heritage listing (Anzac House & Club) was demolished c. 2005–2008.^[1][2]

The hospital was named after Lady Diamantina Bowen, the wife of the then Queensland Governor Sir George Bowen. Lady Bowen had been the first patron of the Ladies' Committee of the Lying-In Hospital, whose mission was to provide safe maternity facilities for women in Brisbane.^[1]

The complex was redeveloped as social housing and office space between 2005 and 2008. The former hospital is now known as Diamantina House and the former nurses' quarters now known as Roma House, while Anzac House & Club was demolished and replaced by a new five-storey building, Quentin Bryce House.^[2]