The house, which is located at 240 St Paul's Terrace in the inner-city suburb of Spring Hill, is a recognisable tin and timber structure which was previously protected by the pre-1911 building overlay in the Brisbane City Plan.

Since being sold in 2017, Benson Properties applied to demolish the house earlier this year.

The application was placed on hold following community outrage that the iconic cultural legacy should be destroyed.

In August, the application was changed to see the building be relocated to Toowong, with many residents continuing to protest the action.

One resident, Bob Randerson, took to Facebook to demand “Why is this city so hell bent on destroying all of its [sic] heritage?”

Opposition city planning spokesman Councillor Jared Cassidy said the building and its location needed to be retained.

In an interview with ABC Radio Brisbane, Cassidy argued that removing a building from its original site and placing it somewhere else destroys any cultural significance by association it once held.

“Frankly it's not much better than bulldozing it to the ground,” he said.

The historic house would be re-located to a yard in Toowong and surrounded by built-up units.

Mama Luigi’s was the first Italian restaurant in Brisbane, with many locals believing it to be the first foreign food restaurant in the entire city.

The restaurant opened in 1942 with "Mama" Cesarina Deambrose's famous dishes of spaghetti.

On the menu was the classic spaghetti Bolognese, alongside chicken parmigiana or a T-Bone steak.

Mama Luigi is supposed to have minimised her input of strong tasting ingredients, such as oregano and garlic, to ensure the Queenslanders could tolerate the flavours.

Many nostalgic customers have taken to Facebook to reminisce on their massive servings of pasta and the jovial atmosphere which was enjoyed while eating.

“I was first taken there as a child in the late ‘40s or early ‘50s,” said Violet Crumble.

“I remember the red check tablecloths, the bare rooms and long tables, and my first taste of spaghetti that didn’t come out of a Heinz tin!”

Bernice Finlayson described the joint as “the favourite haunt of all the student nurses and medical students in the late 50s.”

“There were only long communal tables so people made new friends easily and of course we generally broke students appreciated the great fare at prices we could afford.”

The development proposal is currently under review by Brisbane City Council, with council having recently requested details from Benson Properties on preservation techniques and how the pre-1911 building will be secured to its new site.

Opposition city planning spokesman Councillor Jared Cassidy has urged Brisbane residents to be vocal in the fight to keep Mama Luigi’s in Spring Hill.

“If they’re passionate about it they need to let people know they’re sick of seeing pieces of cultural history being torn apart,” he said.

The development application for 240 St Paul’s Terrace can be found here.