The state government has intervened to save Woolloongabba’s historic Broadway Hotel, issuing a stop order on any potential demolition of the severely fire-damaged heritage hotel.

A fire tore through the hotel in the early hours of last Sunday, gutting the distinctive building that had stood on Logan Road since the late 1800s.

The damaged Broadway Hotel at Woolloongabba after the third fire in about eight years. Credit:Ruth McCosker

The fire left little more than the distinctive facade.

State Environment Minister Leanne Enoch said the government issued the order to pre-empt any move to demolish the hotel, which she said was an important part of Brisbane’s history.