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ART DECOINVENTORY

INFORMATION&

PHOTOGRAPHS


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ART DECO INVENTORY

CONTENTS

PAGEi Notesii - v Maps of Napiervi - x Numerical List of Buildingsxi - xv Alphabetical List of Buildings

PUBLICATION DETAILS

First edition published 1991Compiled by Amanda Bilman and Tom Gill for the

ART DECO TRUST

in association with theNAPIER CITY COUNCIL

Revised 1995 & 1997 byKirsten Ratcliffe (Napier City Council)

Second Edition published 2004Compiled by Napier City Council

with the assistance ofThe Art Deco Trust


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NOTES

Name of Building This is either the current name on the buildings facade, thename of its current owner or the name of the original owner

Architect: The Architect responsible for the post-quake appearance of thebuilding, unless specified otherwise

Builder: The Builder responsible for the post-quake appearance of thebuilding, unless specified otherwise

Cost: Generally the contract price taken for the building permitapplication

Historic Places TrustClassification: The classification assigned to the building under the Historic

Places Act 1993

The categories are:

Category 1: Places of outstanding historical, special or culturalheritage, significance or value

Category 2: Places of historical or cultural heritage,significance or value

Plans in existence: All building X files are held at Napier City Council offices. The NatuschPartnership and Dead Storage D/S files are held at Judd Fenwick Team Architecture Ltd, 1Craven Street, (please note that there is a search and copy charge to view these plans). TheLouis Hay Dead Storage files are held at the Hawkes Bay Museum.

In addition to the photograph references given in this inventory, there aremany photos held by the Art Deco Trust, The Alexander Turnbull Library

(Wellington) and the Berry Library (Hawkes Bay Museum).

The Berry Library collection includes colour transparencies taken in 1982 bythe late James White.


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THE PARAMETERS OF THE ART DECO INVENTORY

The term Art Deco is used in Napier, and in this Inventory, to describe the era in which Napierspre and post-earthquake buildings were designed and erected. Not all of the buildings in thisperiod were in the Art Deco style, which didnt appear in New Zealand until the mid 1920s and inNapier until 1930. A description of the architectural styles seen in Napier, extracted from the book

The Art Deco City (pub. Art Deco Trust 1998) is included below.

The period covered by the Art Deco Inventory is from 1920 until 1940. The buildings of the 1920swere the result of an period of intense building activity in Napier, which was part of a world-widephenomenon, and all survived the 1931 earthquake.

NAPIERS ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

ART DECOThe term Art Deco, coined in the 1960s, is today used to describe the many variations of the stylewhich began to evolve around 1905 but became widely known only after the 1925 Exposition desArts Decoratifs et Industriels in Paris. Encompassing the progression of the style from its earlyClassical influence, evident at the Exposition, through its zigzag, Egyptian influenced stage in thelate twenties, into the streamline moderne that held sway in the thirties, the term sometimes stirspurists to argue in favour of replacing it with the name Art Moderne. But it now has world-widecurrency and any attempt to change it seems doomed to fail.

Broadly speaking, the style expresses the confident, brash and sometimes vulgar spirit of its age,when the excitement of speed and burgeoning technology, the social freedom of the newwoman, the relaxation of old standards promoted in particular by the movies, democratisation andpersonal freedom set the modern age well and truly on its path through the 20th century.

STRIPPED CLASSICAL

During the inter-war period, and particularly in the 1920s, classicism as promoted by the cole desBeaux Artsin Paris maintained its popularity but in a stripped down version which suited the moveaway from Edwardian bombast. Classical details were reduced in number and became more bland,and deep set classical facades with a row of columns beneath a pediment were replaced byengaged columns or shallow pilasters. In Napier, a comparison between the Public Trust Buildingof 1922, the State Insurance of 1932 and the T&G Building of 1936 shows the progression fromdeep to low relief ornament and less of it.

Stripped Classical may also incorporate indigenous, modern or even Art Deco ornament, to a pointwhere it might be termed by some to be an Art Deco building. The ASB Bank and the formerGovernment Building in Napier are examples of this.

THE INTERNATIONAL STYLEAt the Bauhaus Design School, founded in Germany in 1919, the philosophy of "the building as amachine" was adopted and stark structures of steel, glass and white concrete began to come off thedrawing boards. By 1930, the style was making an impact in Britain and Europe, and from the mid-thirties in the United States, where some of the Bauhaus leaders took up residence after the Nazisclosed the school. Bauhaus designers considered that ornamentation was not only unnecessary, butinherently bad. Form should follow function and an object designed to do its job well mustautomatically be beautiful. The name "International Style" was given because the style was usedworld-wide without consideration of local techniques, materials, climate or culture.

The earliest examples of this style seen in Napier are the former AA Building in Herschell Street, the1954 wing of the Hawkes Bay Museum on the corner of Herschell and Browning Streets, and theformer Nurses Home, corner of Spencer Road and Napier Terrace on Hospital Hill. All of these weredesigned by Lawrence Williams.


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SPANISH MISSIONOriginating in the south-west states of North America, the Spanish Mission style was popular innew world countries, especially those with climates similar to California. It arrived in New Zealandin 1913 when the Auckland Grammar School was completed, and in Hawkes Bay with Iona Collegein 1914 and the Hastings Municipal Theatre in 1915, though the former may perhaps be

considered more Italian in flavour than Spanish.

By the 1920s, Spanish Mission had become extremely popular in Southern California, partlybecause it was promoted by cement manufacturers as suiting earthquake-proof reinforcedconcrete construction, and partly because it was becoming identified as the style used in thehomes of movie stars. The style is characterised by smooth cream walls, which echo the lime-washed plaster mud brick walls of the early Spanish Mission stations, tiled parapets to protect thewalls from erosion by rain, small square or larger round-arched windows, balconies, and the usualelements of Spanish ornament inlaid tiles, wrought iron, and baroque decoration.

In 1931, before Napiers reconstruction commenced, suggestions were made that the Spanish style,

as used in Santa Barbara following its earthquake of 1926, would be suitable for Napier and wouldbring a harmony of style to the city. The idea did not take root, but to most people, the buildingswhich we now describe as Art Deco were rather Spanish in style, and were often described as such,

or as Free Spanish style in newspaper accounts.

THE CHICAGO SCHOOL AND THE PRAIRIE STYLEThe classification of buildings in the Chicago School and the Prairie style often overlaps, sincefeatures of the first, which is most associated with Louis Sullivans work in the 1880s and 1890s,were often seen in early examples of the second. In Napier, courtesy of Louis Hay, the ChicagoSchool can be seen at its best in Rothmans Building, which uses Sullivans favourite wide, roundarch in a cube form. The old AMP Building has Sullivanesque Art Nouveau ornament combined

with the smaller round arches which are typical of early Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, designedsoon after he left Sullivans office where he worked and studied.

Wrights Prairie houses are echoed in the Community Centre in Clive Square and in the restaurantat the north end of the Marine Parade which was built in 1916 as a soldiers club (Former SoldiersClub). On many of Hays non-residential buildings, the projecting flat roofs or the horizontal ledgesgive protection to the deep-set windows, the geometric decoration, and the raised bands givingpaneled effects to the rough-cast stucco walls are all typical of the Prairie style, which althoughusually associated with Wright, was practiced by a number of mid-western architects early in the20th century.

Robert McGregorExecutive Director

ART DECO TRUST


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MAPS OF NAPIER

ART DECO INVENTORY: C B D

AHURIRI

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ART DECO INVENTORYNUMERICAL LIST

Page No.

1 Empire Hotel (Former) ................................................................................................ 12 AMP Building.............................................................................................................. 43 Taylors Dry Cleaners................................................................................................... 74 Abbotts Building......................................................................................................... 95 Former McKenzies Building ......................................................................................... 116 Parkers Chambers...................................................................................................... 137 Crombie Lockwood Building......................................................................................... 168 Thorps & Hay Buildings .............................................................................................. 189 Coxs Building............................................................................................................. 2210 Hollands.................................................................................................................. 2411 Former Robert Holt Building....................................................................................... 2612 Masonic Hotel........................................................................................................... 2813 ASB Bank ................................................................................................................. 3114 Mutual Chambers...................................................................................................... 3415 McClurgs ................................................................................................................. 36

16 Jessicas (Former Bestalls Building)............................................................................. 3817 Haynes .................................................................................................................... 4018 Plaza Theatre (Former) ............................................................................................. 4219 Callinicos Building ..................................................................................................... 4520 Paxies Building......................................................................................................... 4721 Former Northes Building ........................................................................................... 4922 Post Office ............................................................................................................... 5123 Hydes Building......................................................................................................... 5324 Bennetts.................................................................................................................. 5525 Farmers (Former Blythes Building)............................................................................. 5726 Criterion Hotel .......................................................................................................... 6027 Market Reserve Building ............................................................................................ 6428 Bryants Building....................................................................................................... 6729 Ritchies ................................................................................................................... 6930 Harstons.................................................................................................................. 7131 Ringlands ................................................................................................................ 7432 Barry Bros. Building .................................................................................................. 7633 Former Ministry of Works .......................................................................................... 78


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34 Telephone Exchange................................................................................................. 8135 County Hotel ............................................................................................................ 8336 HB Museum.............................................................................................................. 8637 New Zealand Insurance............................................................................................. 8938 Former McGlashans Building ..................................................................................... 9139 Former Macky, Logan & Caldwall................................................................................ 9340 Daily Telegraph Building............................................................................................ 9541 Munster Chambers.................................................................................................... 9842 Sainsbury Logan & Williams....................................................................................... 10043 Ross & Glendinning Building ...................................................................................... 10244 Scinde Building ......................................................................................................... 10545 Former Murray Roberts Building................................................................................. 10746 Municipal Theatre ..................................................................................................... 10947 Former Fire Chief's House.......................................................................................... 11248 Deco Centre ............................................................................................................. 11449 Canning & Loudoun .................................................................................................. 11750 Former Fenwick Flats ................................................................................................ 11951 Public Trust Office..................................................................................................... 12152 Hildebrandt's Building................................................................................................ 12353 Former HB Building & Investment Society Building ...................................................... 12554 Former McCulloch Butler & Spence Building ................................................................ 12755 Halsbury Chambers ................................................................................................... 12956 Devon House............................................................................................................ 13157 Tennyson Chambers.................................................................................................. 13358 Gladstone Chambers ................................................................................................. 13559 Kaiapoi Building ........................................................................................................ 13760 Bowmans Building.................................................................................................... 13961 HB Chambers ........................................................................................................... 14162 Olympic Properties (1936) ......................................................................................... 143

63 Olympic Properties (1949) ......................................................................................... 14564 Smith & Chambers Building........................................................................................ 14765 JS Golding................................................................................................................ 14966 Self-Help Shoppers Fair Building................................................................................. 15167 Gallates................................................................................................................... 15368 Readings Building ..................................................................................................... 15569 Briascos Building...................................................................................................... 15770 Kidsons Building........................................................................................................ 15971 Napier Building ......................................................................................................... 16272 Burtons Building ....................................................................................................... 164


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73 CE Rogers ................................................................................................................ 16674 Fenwick Building....................................................................................................... 16875 King Building ............................................................................................................ 17076 Singer Building ......................................................................................................... 17277 Colenso House.......................................................................................................... 17478 Hope Building........................................................................................................... 17679 Northe & Sons.......................................................................................................... 17880 Former Stevens Building............................................................................................ 18081 Provincial Hotel......................................................................................................... 18282 Concord House ......................................................................................................... 18583 Methodist Trustees Building ....................................................................................... 18784 Boylands .................................................................................................................. 18985 Loo Kee & Co ........................................................................................................... 19186 Mid-City Plaza........................................................................................................... 19387 Former Hotel Central................................................................................................. 19788 CB Hansen Building................................................................................................... 20189 Masson House .......................................................................................................... 20390 CD Cox .................................................................................................................... 20591 Welsfords ................................................................................................................ 20792 Lockyers.................................................................................................................. 20993 Rices Building .......................................................................................................... 21194 Former Triggs & Morgan Building............................................................................... 21395 Hursts Building......................................................................................................... 21596 Clausens Building...................................................................................................... 21797 Emerson Building...................................................................................................... 22098 McGruers ................................................................................................................. 22299 Hannahs .................................................................................................................. 224100 T & G Building ........................................................................................................ 226101 Dalgetys Building.................................................................................................... 229

102 HB Farmers Garage................................................................................................. 231103 Waterworths........................................................................................................... 233104 Former State Theatre .............................................................................................. 235105 Chisholm Building.................................................................................................... 237106 Gaiety Theatre........................................................................................................ 239107 Eames Building ....................................................................................................... 241108 Golden Crown......................................................................................................... 243109 Automobile Association Building (Former) ................................................................. 244110 Taradale Town Hall ................................................................................................. 246111 Taradale Hotel (McDonalds)..................................................................................... 248


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112 Crown Hotel ........................................................................................................... 250113 Union Hotel ............................................................................................................ 252114 Richardsons Building.............................................................................................. 254115 National Tobacco Co. Building .................................................................................. 256116 Community Centre (Former Womens Rest)............................................................... 260117 Cathedral Lane Academy ......................................................................................... 262118 Former Hector McGregors Building........................................................................... 264119 Former Soldiers Club .............................................................................................. 266120 NZ Shipping Co Building Ltd..................................................................................... 268121 Ellison & Duncan Facade.......................................................................................... 270122 Ranui Flats ............................................................................................................. 272123 Napier Club ............................................................................................................ 274


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ART DECO INVENTORYDEMOLISHED LIST

A South British Insurance............................................................................................... 277B Norwich Union Insurance ............................................................................................ 279C National Bank............................................................................................................. 281D Commercial Bank of Australia ...................................................................................... 283E Henry Williams ........................................................................................................... 284F Napier Gas Company................................................................................................... 286G Smith Building............................................................................................................ 288H ANZ .......................................................................................................................... 289I Canning Loudon & Derry.............................................................................................. 291J UFS Dispensary........................................................................................................... 292K E & D Building............................................................................................................ 294L Peachs Garage ........................................................................................................... 296M Simmonds Building..................................................................................................... 297N Anderson & Hansen Motors......................................................................................... 298O Stewart Greer Motors ................................................................................................. 300P HB Electric Power Board.............................................................................................. 301Q Ozone Building........................................................................................................... 303R Sargood Son & Ewen.................................................................................................. 304S Thackeray House........................................................................................................ 305T Gospel Hall................................................................................................................. 307U Williams & Kettle Building............................................................................................ 308V Mayfair Theatre.......................................................................................................... 310W Cosmopolitan Club..................................................................................................... 311X Dalton Chambers........................................................................................................ 312


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ALPHABETICAL LIST

Abbotts Building ............................................................................................................. 9AMP Building ..................................................................................................................4ASB Bank .......................................................................................................................31Automobile Association Building (Former) ......................................................................... 244Barry Bros. Building.........................................................................................................76Bennetts........................................................................................................................55Bowmans Building ..........................................................................................................139Boylands ........................................................................................................................189Briascos Building ............................................................................................................157Bryants Building .............................................................................................................67Burtons Building..............................................................................................................164Callinicos Building ...........................................................................................................45Canning & Loudoun.........................................................................................................117Cathedral Lane Academy .................................................................................................262CB Hansen Building.........................................................................................................201CD Cox...........................................................................................................................205CE Rogers ......................................................................................................................166Chisholm Building............................................................................................................237Clausens Building............................................................................................................217Colenso House................................................................................................................174Community Centre (Former Womens Rest).......................................................................260Concord House ...............................................................................................................185County Hotel ..................................................................................................................83Coxs Building .................................................................................................................22Criterion Hotel ................................................................................................................60Crombie Lockwood Building .............................................................................................16Crown Hotel ...................................................................................................................250Daily Telegraph Building ..................................................................................................95Dalgetys Building............................................................................................................229Deco Centre ...................................................................................................................114Devon House..................................................................................................................131Eames Building ...............................................................................................................241


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Ellison & Duncan Facade..................................................................................................270Emerson Building ............................................................................................................220Empire Hotel (Former).....................................................................................................1

Farmers (Former Blythes Building)...................................................................................57Fenwick Building .............................................................................................................168Former Fenwick Flats ......................................................................................................119Former Fire Chief's House................................................................................................112Former HB Building & Investment Society Building.............................................................125Former Hector McGregors Building...................................................................................264Former Hotel Central .......................................................................................................197Former Macky, Logan & Caldwall......................................................................................93Former McCulloch Butler & Spence Building.......................................................................127Former McGlashans Building............................................................................................91Former McKenzies Building..............................................................................................11Former Ministry of Works.................................................................................................78Former Murray Roberts Building .......................................................................................107Former Northes Building .................................................................................................49Former Robert Holt Building.............................................................................................26Former Soldiers Club ......................................................................................................266Former State Theatre ......................................................................................................235Former Stevens Building ..................................................................................................180

Former Triggs & Morgan Building .....................................................................................213Gaiety Theatre................................................................................................................239Gallates .........................................................................................................................153Gladstone Chambers .......................................................................................................135Golden Crown.................................................................................................................243Halsbury Chambers .........................................................................................................129Hannahs.........................................................................................................................224 Harstons........................................................................................................................71Haynes...........................................................................................................................40 HB Chambers..................................................................................................................141HB Farmers Garage.........................................................................................................231HB Museum....................................................................................................................86Hildebrandt's Building......................................................................................................123Hollands ........................................................................................................................24Hope Building .................................................................................................................176Hursts Building...............................................................................................................215Hydes Building ...............................................................................................................53Jessicas (Former Bestalls Building)...................................................................................38


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JS Golding ......................................................................................................................149Kaiapoi Building ..............................................................................................................137Kidsons Building..............................................................................................................159King Building ..................................................................................................................170Lockyers........................................................................................................................209Loo Kee & Co .................................................................................................................191Market Reserve Building ..................................................................................................64Masonic Hotel.................................................................................................................28Masson House ................................................................................................................203McClurgs .......................................................................................................................36McGruers........................................................................................................................222 Methodist Trustees Building .............................................................................................187Mid-City Plaza.................................................................................................................193Municipal Theatre ...........................................................................................................109Munster Chambers ..........................................................................................................98Mutual Chambers............................................................................................................34Napier Building ...............................................................................................................162Napier Club ....................................................................................................................274

National Tobacco Co. Building..........................................................................................256New Zealand Insurance...................................................................................................89Northe & Sons ................................................................................................................178

NZ Shipping Co Building Ltd.............................................................................................268Olympic Properties (1936) ...............................................................................................143Olympic Properties (1949) ...............................................................................................145Parkers Chambers ..........................................................................................................13Paxies Building...............................................................................................................47Plaza Theatre (Former)....................................................................................................42Post Office......................................................................................................................51Provincial Hotel...............................................................................................................182Public Trust Office...........................................................................................................121Ranui Flats .....................................................................................................................272Readings Building ...........................................................................................................155Rices Building ................................................................................................................211Richardsons Building......................................................................................................254Ringlands ......................................................................................................................74Ritchies .........................................................................................................................69Ross & Glendinning Building.............................................................................................102Sainsbury Logan & Williams .............................................................................................100Scinde Building ...............................................................................................................105


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Self-Help Shoppers Fair Building.......................................................................................151Singer Building................................................................................................................172Smith & Chambers Building..............................................................................................147T & G Building ................................................................................................................226Taradale Hotel (McDonalds).............................................................................................248Taradale Town Hall .........................................................................................................246Taylors Dry Cleaners .......................................................................................................7Telephone Exchange .......................................................................................................81Tennyson Chambers........................................................................................................133Thorps & Hay Buildings...................................................................................................18Union Hotel ....................................................................................................................252Waterworths...................................................................................................................233 Welsfords ......................................................................................................................207


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ART DECO INVENTORYALPHABETICAL DEMOLISHED LIST

Anderson & Hansen Motors..............................................................................................298ANZ ...............................................................................................................................289Canning Loudon & Derry..................................................................................................291Commercial Bank of Australia ...........................................................................................283Cosmopolitan Club ..........................................................................................................311Dalton Chambers.............................................................................................................312E & D Building.................................................................................................................294Gospel Hall .....................................................................................................................307HB Electric Power Board ..................................................................................................301Henry Williams................................................................................................................284Mayfair Theatre...............................................................................................................310Napier Gas Company .......................................................................................................286National Bank .................................................................................................................281Norwich Union Insurance .................................................................................................279

Ozone Building................................................................................................................303Peachs Garage ...............................................................................................................296Sargood Son & Ewen.......................................................................................................304Simmonds Building..........................................................................................................297Smith Building.................................................................................................................288South British Insurance....................................................................................................277Stewart Greer Motors ......................................................................................................300Thackeray House ............................................................................................................305UFS Dispensary...............................................................................................................292Williams & Kettle Building ................................................................................................308


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1 Empire Hotel (Former)Name of Building: Empire Hotel (former)

Street Address: 11 Shakespeare Road

Legal Description: PT TS 149

Architect: Finch & Westerholm (Napier)

Builder: Lovegrove Bros.

Date of completion: 1932 - reconditioned

Style: Spanish Mission

Construction: 2 storey - reconditioned

Cost: 4150 (contract)

Building Permits: 1923 - reinstate & alter Shakespeare Hotel, 1200

1932 - reconditioning, 4150 with specifications1963 - additions & alterations, 13700 with specifications1964 - glassing in roof garden1966 - additions of showers & WCs, 10001970 - additions, $18001983 - alterations, $39 361 with specifications1993 fit bar washer and sink bench in hotel

See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & PS GleesonFunction: Hotel

Current owner & Singleton Investments LtdFunction: Restaurant

Occupied by: Hells Pizza (part only)

Plans in existence: Building File X47

1932 - 3 sheets linen originals + 2 others1954 - 1 sheet for alterations1963 - 13 sheets1966 - 2 sheets1983 - 9 sheets

Natusch Partnership File D/S Finch1932 - plans


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1 Empire Hotel (Former)Photo references: Art Deco Napier 5th Edition

pg 56 front & side elevations

Berry Library HB Museum

no.W51(a)&(b):1931-32 rebuilding hotel

Daily Telegraph27/2/87 - hotel being waterblasted for repaintingCarnival Issue

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg22

The New Napier 2nd EditionPg39

Art DecoTrust:1989 - exterior of South side (colour)

Written references: Daily Telegraph9/4/31 - site cleanup begins

Daily Telegraph8/2/32 - tenders called for reconditioning building22/8/32 Reconstruction complete3/10/33 (P13) photo: Modern offices17/9/36 - (P10). Empire sold.Refer Air New Zealand, No. 33 Summer 1994, Page 50

Historical notes: Rear section destroyed by fire in 1923 and rebuilt inSpanish Mission style. Front section severely damaged inearthquake

After the earthquake the hotel was at first thought tobe beyond repair but the front was rebuilt in the same styleat the rear portion

Originally known as the Empire Hotel renamed the Cabana Hotelthen the Shakespeare Hotel. Was the Empire Hotel up until the1950s.

1990 - repainted in a colourful scheme

District Plan: Heritage Item Number 152 in Appendix 13


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2 AMP Building

Name of Building: AMP Building (Australian Mutual Provident Society)

Street Address: 1 Shakespeare Road

Legal Description: Lots 3,5 & 6 DP 1112

Architect: JA Louis Hay (Napier)

Builder:

Date of completion: 1935

Style: Chicago School/Prairie Style has stylistic connections with the NationalTobacco Co. Building (Art Nouveau, Louis Sullivan & rounded arches)and with the HB Museum (rounded arch).

Construction: 2 storeys - reinforced concrete

Cost:

Building Permits: 1934 - specifications only1937 - alterations, 244 specifications only1969 - internal alterations, $9001971 - renovations, $20 0001974 - alterations, $58 000 with specificationsSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & AMPFunction: Offices

Current owner & Bruce JansFunction: Offices

Occupied by: Vacant (2004)

Historic Places Trustclassification: 1

Plans in existence: Building File X6141934 - 3 sheets original drawings (p&w)1971 - plans1974 - plans

Natusch Partnership File D/S Hay1938 - plans for alterations

D/S A21967 - plans1973 - plans

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Photo references: Art Deco Napier- 5th Editionpg 24,66-68exterior & details, entrance & interior details

Berry Library HB Museum1930's - exterior, managers office, general officeLouis Hay Collection

The City Beautiful (HB Berry Memorial)pg 461933 - perspective drawing of proposed building

Daily Telegraph1/6/85 - entrance

The Art Deco Architecture of Napier1981 - entrance on Shakespeare Roaddetail from Shakespeare Road facadepg 44 - whole buildingpg 45 - detail of statue, decorative panelsflanking main archpg 46 - main facadepg 47 - internal lintel above main doors, detailof ceiling panelpg 48 - alcove of the AMP

Art New Zealand1983 Summer issueArticle by Peter Shaw - "Napier and the Chicago School"describes the building in detail

Written References: Daily Telegraph2/6/33 and 14/7/338/2/35 (P5)Australian directors to conduct opening

Daily Telegraph21/10/36 (P6)

State Advances Corp to use AMP offices.

Daily Telegraph5/10/90Art Deco Trust's hopes of acquiring building at nominalprice disappointed by decision to sell at market value

Louis Hay Architect. P48-53. (written). P49-50-51 (photos)


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2 AMP Building

Historical notes: During World War II, the upper floor was occupied by the Army. Afterthe war, it was occupied by the Rehabilitation Department.

1974 - building altered by AMP to give better access to tenanted

spaces, some alterations to interior finishes, lower staircaserepositioned, panelling removed, inner entrance doors replaced.

Original pendant light fittings in AMP space were removed some yearsearlier and some were acquired by local people.

Nov 1990 - Was to be sold at auction, however no sale resulted. AMPsay they will not sell the building until a buyer with the interest ofprotecting and restoring the building can be found

1991 - Sold by AMP to Gerald Patterson then in October it was sold toAMP Building Partnership and tenanted by the law firm CallinicosGallagher. They secured the original plans and complete full interiorrestoration with the aim of following original plans. Most restorationworks completed by March 1993.

2004 - Property up for auction February 2004

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3 Taylors Dry Cleaners

Name of building: Taylors Dry Cleaners

Street Address: 2 Hastings Street

Legal Description: Lot 6 DP 6356

Architect: H Faulknor

Builder: H Faulknor


Style: Art Deco

Construction: Single storey reinforced concrete


Building Permits: 1935 - garage, 16681952 - alterations for office, 1501983 - shop alterations, $90002002 alterations to shop2003 additions top laundretteSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & Mr AA HastingsFunction: Garage (Kalafat Service Station)

Current owner & I & B DavidsonFunction: Shop & Office

Occupied by: Taylors Fabricare & Laundromat

Plans in existence:

Photo reference: Berry Library HB MuseumAD S #6

Art Deco Trust1980's exterior

Written Reference: Daily Telegraph29/3/33

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4 Abbotts Building

Name of Building: Abbotts Building

Street Address: 6 - 18 Hastings Street

Legal Description: Lot 5 DP 6356Lots 1&2 DP 6096Pt Lot 1 DP 2310Lots 2 & 3 DP 6089

Architect: JA Louis Hay/ DB Frame (Napier)

Builder:


Style: Art Deco (with FL Wright influence). The eyebrow and deep set verticalwindows are common among Louis Hay facades, particularly note-worthy here because it is one of 4 buildings within one block that havethese.

Construction: 2 storeys reinforced concreteGabled roof - Corrugated Galvanised Iron with Art Deco skylights6 shop fronts

Cost: 8356

Building Permits: 1963 - alter shop front, 7501994 alteration to food service areaSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & F Thorp & Abbott EstateFunction: Shops & Offices

Current owner & Thorp Frederick (Estate) JnrFunction: Shops & offices

Occupied by: Hi Fi GalleryOp Shop

Arcadia

Plans in existence: Building File X6181932 - framing plans only1963 - survey plans & elevations

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4 Abbotts Building

Photo references: Art Deco Napier 5th Editionpg 69- facade (colour)

Berry Library, HB Museum

1933

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg 27

Written references: Daily Telegraph9/2/32 - tenders called for building12/7/32 (P7) details of building5/8/32 contract let

Daily Telegraph21/12/32 - building completed

Historic notes: Originally copper window frames & shop frontages of sani-onyx

Facade finished in yellow-tinted cement with ornament in green

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5 Former McKenzies BuildingName of Building: Former McKenzies Building


Legal Description: Lots 3 & 4 DP 20353

Architect: Holuman, Moses & Watkins (Auckland)


Style:

Construction: 2 storeys reinforced concrete

Cost:

Building Permits: 1932 - building, specifications only1946 - alterations, 108 with specifications1960 - concrete dividing wall, 600 with specifications1968 - alter sign premises for Bon March, $3954 withspecifications1984 - subdivide between AdPlus (Herschell) & Bon Marche (Hastings),$12 000 with specificationsSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & Woollen Distributors LtdFunction: Business premises

Current owner & J & C WhiteFunction: Shop premises

Occupied by: Vacant (2004)

Plans in existence: Building File X1211932 - 3 sheets linen originals1957 - 2 sheets for alterations1960 - 1 sheet1968 - 4 sheets

1984 - plan

Building File X188Contains some permits for McKenzie's 1946 - plan

Photo references: The New Napier 2nd EditionPg 26

Written References: Daily Telegraph4/3/33 and 14/6/33

Historical notes: McKenzies was a show piece chain store with merchandise displayedon the wide counter tops, modelled on the Woolworths stores.



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6 Parkers Chambers

Name of Building: Parker's Chambers (note this is actually two buildings)

Street Address: 24A Hastings Street & 10 Herschell Street

Legal Description: Lot 1 & Lot 2 DP 20353


Builder: WM Angus Ltd

Date of completion: 1929 - original building (Herschell Street end)1931-32 new building constructed (Hastings Street end)

Style: Art Deco with FL Wright influence.

Construction: 2 storeys reinforced concrete with brick facing to the Herschell Streetfaade.


Building Permits: 1932 - building, 40001953 - fire reinstatement for Woollen Distributors specifications only1974 - alterations for Bon Marche, $10 900 extensions through toHerschell Street1975 - alterations, $14 800See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & T ParkerFunction: Business premises

Current owner & J & CL White for Hastings StE Trotter & J Webb for Herschell Street

Function: Shops & Offices

Occupied by: Inhabit at Hastings Street andAmerican Jazz Dance School at 10 Herschell Street

Historic Places Trust

classifications: 2 for both properties

Plans in existence: Building File X1881932 - 3 sheets including 1 original drawing1953 - 1 sheet1974 - 3 sheets

Natusch Partnership File D/S Hay1932 - plans1958 - plans for tenancy subdivision


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Photo references: Daily Telegraph21/1/33 - exterior

Art Deco Napier 5th Edition

pg 72- both facades

The City Beautiful (Berry Library, HB Museum)pg 10, 1933 - Hastings Street facade

Art Deco Trust1989 - exterior (colour)

The New Napier - 2nd EditionPg32

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg25 exterior Herschell Street

Written references: Daily Telegraph16/6/31 - tenders called for building

Daily Telegraph14/7/31 - contract let

Daily Telegraph17/10/31 - Hastings Street frontage completed10/11/31

Daily Telegraph5/11/32 - building opened to the public

Historical notes: Post-quake reconstruction reduced the Herschell Street building fromoriginal three storeys to two.

Tom Parker (the original owner) was a Napier menswear retailer whogave the Tom Parker fountain to the city, and donated the floweringgum trees in Tom Parker Avenue after it was named after him.

Hawkes Bay Museum has photos in the Louis Hay Collectionillustrating the changes to these buildings resulting from theearthquake.

District Plan: Heritage Item Number 113 under Herschell Street address Appendix13.


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7 Crombie Lockwood Building

Name of Building: Crombie Lockwood Building


Legal Description: Lot 1 DP 8717 of TS 139

Architect: Chrichton, McKay & Haughton (Wellington)

Builder: Fletcher Construction Co.


Style: Art Deco

Construction: 2 storeys - front reinforced concrete floor with steel frame, other wallsreinforced concrete with brick panels, flat roof - concreteGround floor - 18'6" stud, 6" reinforced concrete floor, plaster finishFirst floor - 10' stud, concrete floor

Cost: 10 000

Building Permits: 1933 - erect bank, 10 000 with specifications1954 - staff amenities, 9951954 - alterations, 250 with specifications1963 - alterations, $3850 with specifications1965 - reroofing, $5551974 - additions to 1st floor, $41 150 with specifications1987 - internal alterations, $9000, further alterations, $30,000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & Bank of New South WalesFunction: Bank premises

Current owner & Colin Ian CrombieFunction: Offices

Occupied by: Crombie Lockwood


Plans in existence: Building File X391933 - 11 sheets inc 2 originals (p&w)1954 - 1 sheet1963 - 6 sheets1974 - 20 sheets1987 - plans


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Natusch Partnership File D/D B31954/5 - plans1975 - plans

Photo references: Berry Library HB Museumpg 171932 - building under construction


Written references: HB Museum Scrap Book3 & 4

The New Napier 2nd EditionPg 13

Daily Telegraph24/2/33 - tenders called for building9/9/32, 8/12/32, 24/2/33, 27/4/33 and 2/6/33

Historical notes: 1984 - sold for $125 0001987 - building restored for Advisicorp1988 -Advisicorp received Art Deco Trust Award for preserving building



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8 Thorps & Hay Buildings

Name of Building: Thorp's & Hay Buildings (note this is two separate buildings)

Street Address: 40 Hastings Street & 4 Herschell Street

Legal Description: Lot 1 & 2 DP 6126


Builder: Fletcher Construction Co


Style: Art Deco with FL Wright influence

Construction: Thorps = 2 storeys reinforced concrete & brick roof - hipped, woodframe and CGI, 1 skylight, 1 strongroom (Herschell Street), andconcrete floorsHay = Reinforced concrete with brick veneer on faade. Two storieswith a third half storey which may have been added later.

Cost: 2617 (Hastings St - reconstruction)1897 (Herschell St - new building)

Building permits: 1932 - reinstate building, Hastings & Herschell, 5154 withspecifications1961 - recondition interior after fire, 8991979 - alterations, $24001985 - alterations for nightclub, $4000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & F Thorp, shoe merchant/ Louis Hay, ArchitectFunction: Office (Hay) & shop (Thorps)

Current owner & Decocorp Holdings Ltd for Hastings Street,Function: Louise Margaret Hay for Herschell Street

Offices & shops

Occupied by: NZ Insurance

Thorp's Coffee Shop downstairsBudge Drumming School - upstairsPhotographers Studio

Historic Places Trustclassification: 2 for both properties

Plans in existence: Building File X561932 - 5 sheets1961 - 1 sheet1979 - plans


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Herschell Street1932 - plans

Building File X56

1932 - 5 sheets

Photo references: Daily Telegraph21/1/33 - shop interior1/10/32, 14/12/32, 15/12/32 and 28/2/33

Art Deco Napier 5th Editionpg 63 - Hastings Street facadepg 70 - Herschell Street facade


The New Napier 2nd EditionPg 17 & 21

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg 26-27 exteriors

Berry Library (HB Museum)Photo in the Hay collection

Louis Hay ArchitectHay Building

Written references: Daily Telegraph10/11/31, 16/6/32, 8/7/328/6/32 - tenders called for both buildings

Daily Telegraph14/12/32 - building opening in next few days, description of interior &exterior

Historical notes: 1932 - buff & brown finish

1992 - facade restored1994 - shop upgraded & given Deco treatment1994 - floodlights installed

The shoe shop (Hastings Street) operated from before the earthquakeuntil the early 1990s a Napier institution. It then became a coffeehouse when the shoe shop closed.The Hay Building is one of three reconstruction buildings by Hay withbrick veneer facades. The brick was used over reinforced concrete.The emblem on the faade containing the date was copied from onethat Frank Lloyd Wright used on some of his early 20 th century

buildings.

District Plan: Heritage Item Number 90 (under Hastings Street address not Herschelladdress) in Appendix 13


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9 Coxs BuildingName of Building: Cox's Building


Legal Description: Pt TS 138

Architect: C Tilleard Natusch & Sons (Napier)

Builder: N Cole


Style: Art Deco

Construction: Wall - reinforced concrete and brick panels, concrete roofGround floor, 14'6" stud, concrete floor


Building permits: 1932 - reinstate building, 14001985 - alterations, $4000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & G CoxFunction: Shop & office

Current owner & JP Matthews & JP PalairetFunction: Shop

Occupied by: Neals Outdoor Store

Plans in existence: Building File X551932 - 14 sheets

Natusch Partnership File D/S C91932 - plans

Photo references: Daily Telegraph

21/1/33 - Cox's shop front


Written references: Daily Telegraph10/11/31, 16/6/32, 8/7/32, 7/10/32, and 28/10/32 - Cox's store opens

Historical notes: 1932 - George Cox & F Thorp co-operated in the design & layout oftheir adjoining premises1946 - G Cox sold to WR Woods, 5000

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10 Hollands

Name of Building: Holland's



Architect: Arthur Marshall (in the office of EA Williams, Napier)




Construction: 2 storeys reinforced concrete with lean-to roofGround floor - 14' stud, concrete floor1st floor - 9' stud, wood floor


Building permits: 1932 - erect building, 1357 with specifications1951 - alterations, 6831970 - alterations1978 - replace shopfront, $18001989 - alterations to dental surgery, $49 000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & McLernon EstateFunction: Shop & offices

Current owner & Barrie J RussellFunction: Shop & offices

Occupied by: The Sunglass Cellar

Plans in existence: Building File X1251989 - 3 sheets1970 - 3 sheets

Natusch Partnership File D/S MC31932 - plans, D/S A6 1951, 1958, 1970 plans

Photo references: Art Deco Napier 1st Editionpg 67- 1987 - balcony




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10 HollandsWritten references: Daily Telegraph

16/6/328 & 9/7/32 - tenders call for building

Daily Telegraph17/8/32 - contract let

Historical notes: Built by McLernon estate for occupation by Azzopardi & Holland

1991 - entranced closed off and turned into a display window,echoing shape of original entrance (Natusch Partnership)

When Tennyson Street was widened, this reduced the size of thecorner site. As corner sites are valuable, the boundaries were adjustedso that the next site (this one) became narrow.



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11 Former Robert Holt Building

Name of Building: Former Robert Holt Building

Street Address: 52 Hastings Street, 17, 21, 23 Tennyson Street


Architect: R Holt & Sons Ltd (Napier)

Builder: R Holt & Sons Ltd (Napier)


Style:

Construction: walls - reinforced concreteroof - hipped timber frame and CGI2 shop fronts with suspended verandahsBasement - 8' stud, concrete floorGround floor - 14'stud, wood floor, subdivided into 2 shops1st floor - 10'6" stud wood floor

Building permits: 1933 - building, specifications onlySee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & R HoltFunction: Building supplies retail up until 1960s

Current owner & Barrie J RussellFunction: Shops & offices

Occupied by: Russel Swain Optometrist Hastings StreetBishop & Kay - Dental Centre - upstairsThe Sunglass Cellar Tennyson StreetDi's Hair Design Tennyson StreetDetour Tennyson Street

Plans in existence: Building File X825 sheets original drawings

Photo references:

Historical notes: 1933 - land only R Holt & Sons to R Holt1951 - sold to Tennyson buildings Ltd, 7000

1991 - shop remodelled and given entrance to match window ofHollands building



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12 Masonic Hotel

Name of Building: Masonic Hotel

Street Address: 64-74 Hastings Street, 2 Tennyson Street

Legal Description: Pt TS 173 & TS 172

Architect: Prouse & Wilson (designed by Norman Wilson)

Builder: Edwards Construction Co


Style: Art Deco

Construction: 2 storey reinforced concrete

hipped roof, timber frameNew window in East facade, door in South facade7'6", 15', 10'6" stud respectively - ornate ceiling scotias

Cost: 41 000

Building permits: 1931 - temporary hotel, 20001932 - build hotel, 42 0001955 - new roof, 45001970 - alter shop entrance, $7861972 - kitchen alterations, new boiler, $4000 with plan1975 - renovate toilets, $1997 with spec1976 - construct laundry, $43551976 - alterations to public bar, $9998 with specifications1978 - alterations accommodation areas, $20000 with plan1979 - alter bedrooms to private facilities rooms &temporary kitchen - $80 150 with specifications1980 - alterations, $150 000 for Cobb & Co withspecifications1990 - alterations to bar, $192,000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & J Vigor BrownFunction: Hotel & shops

Current owner & Anca Properties LtdFunction: Hotel & shops

Occupied by: Masonic HotelBeattie & Forbes bookshopBreakers BarRosie OGradys Bar

Historic Places Trust

classification: 2


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Plans in existence: Building File X1321932 - 19 sheets of plans, originals but most are faded1976 - 4 sheets alterations1979 - 10 sheets alterations for C & C (stage 1)

1980 - 30 sheets alterations for C & C (stage 2)1990 - 8 sheets and engineers drawings

Natusch Partnership File D/S M61961 - 1-4 alterations plans

Photo references: Berry Library HB Museum1937 - east facade

Art Deco Napier 5th Editionpg 42-43- exterior & details of verandah & parapet

The HB Earthquake 2nd EditionPg42

Daily Telegraph21/1/33 - sports shop in Masonic building- exterior facade, also a photo of the parade showing the Masonic

Daily TelegraphOctober 1986 - "Hawkes Bay Highlights" (colour)- Masonic leadlight and parapet

Daily Telegraph15/12/90 - interior of 'Freemans'

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg 7 front elevation and detail

Written references: Daily Telegraph15/2/32 - tenders called for hotel24/2/33 - opening planned for March 4other references13/4/32, 19/4/32, 20/4/32, 9/5/32, 21/9/32,12/10/32, 15/12/32, 22/12/32, 7/1/33. 4/3/33 17/7/36 & 4/1/39

Historical notes: Original finish pure white with lettering on Parade elevation picked outin black, decoration on other facades (including parapets) in palemauve .Queen Elizabeth II stayed at the Masonic during her 1953/4 RoyalTour.Originally designed to take another floor.1979-80 - mock colonial renovations altered interior beyondrecognition but were all removable.Nov 1990/92 bars remodelled into 'Freemans' with Art Deco theme attotal cost of $330 000



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13 ASB Bank

Name of Building: ASB Bank



Architect: Crichton, McKay & Haughton (Wellington)

Builder:


Style: Stripped Classical with Maori motifs

Construction: Single storey, reinforced concreteKowhaiwhai pattern in red, black & white forms a freeze around thetop of the wall & ceiling baysFlanking the entrance are 2 corbels representing the wealth of thetribeTriangular deco patterns mark the top of the windows outsidecombining Maori decoration with deco patterns

Cost

Building permits: 1962 - alterations, 2651 with specifications1964 - alterations & additions, 45 4831981 - alterations, $59 768 with specifications1983 - addition of awning, $39 000 with specificationsSee www.napierplanning.co.nz (Click property info link)

Original owner & Bank of New ZealandFunction: Bank premises

Current owner & Law Investments LtdFunction: Bank premises

Occupied by: ASB Bank


Plans in existence: Building File X388 sheets original 1932 plans (p&w)1963 - 22 sheets1981 - 9 sheets1983 - 5 sheets


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13 ASB BankPhoto references: Berry Library HB Museum

1930's - exterior

Art Deco Napier 5th Edition

pg 21, 74-75 -details of facade decoration (colour)

The Art Deco Architecture of Napier 1981pg 50 -Whole building without verandahpg 51 -Detail of Maori motifs above main entrance, the ceilingpg 52 -Detail of a ceiling panelpg 53 -Head of a column, detail of a window design, Maori motifon internal wall

Daily Telegraph"HB Highlights" October 1986 -Ceiling panels showing Maori bordersand octagonal glass windows

Art Deco Trustceiling decoration

The New Napier 2nd EditionPg 3 & 13

The Art Deco City 4th EditionPg 19

Written references: Daily Telegraph20/09/32 - tenders called for new bank9/9/32, 6/2/33, 22/7/33

NZ Historic PlacesNo. 31, December 1990pg 5-8 -comment on Maori decorative features on interior & exterior- photos

Historical notes: Bill Couch, a draughtsman working on the 1932 plans, was probablyresponsible for much of the ornamentation including the friezework.

August 1990 received merit award from Art Deco Trust

12 or 14 plasterers worked for a month or more ondecorative features

1992 -Modern verandah removed and interior restored withentrance modified for handicapped access and to providesecure room for automatic tellers



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14 Mutual Chambers

Name of Building: Mutual Chambers

Street Address: 108 & 110 Hastings Street



Builder: AB Davis & Son Ltd

Date of completion: 1930 - original building1934 - reconditioned

Style:

Construction: 2 storeys, reinforced concrete

Cost: 2774

Building permits: 1934 - reconditioning, 2774 with specifications1946 - alterations, 215 with specifications1965 - alterations, 300See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original Owner &Function:

Current owner & Norshka Holdings LimitedFunction: Shops & offices

Occupied by: Ocean of Gifts (shop)

Plans in existence: Building File X1431934 - 7 sheets for reconditioning Finch & Westerholm1965 - alterations Stirling Sports shopfront - 2 sheets

Natusch Partnership File D/S Finch1934 - plans

Photo references: Art Deco Trust1989 - exterior (colour)

Written references:

Historical notes



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15 McClurgs

Name of Building: McClurg's



Architect: C Tilleard Natusch & Sons (Napier)



Style: Art Deco

Construction: 2 storeys, reinforced concrete


Building permits: 1932 - building, 2780 with specifications1939 - shop premises converted to flatSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & Mrs K CondonFunction: Shop & office

Current owner & Allan McClurgFunction: Jewellers premises

Occupied by: David McClurg


Natusch Partnership File D/S C71932 - plans1961 - reroofing plans1973 - alteration plans

Photo references: Daily Telegraph21/1/33 - exterior facade



Written references: Daily Telegraph12/8/32 - building completed, detailed description of interior

14/4/32, 15/6/33


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Historical notes: 1932 - shop frontage in grey & black marble1993 - shop refurbished (Natusch partnership)



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16 Jessicas (Former Bestalls Building)

Name of Building: Jessicas (Former Bestalls Building)


Legal description: DP 1379 Pt TS 272

Architect: Stanley Fearn

Builder: Holder Bros


Style: Art Deco

Construction: Single storey, reinforced concrete


Building permits: 1932 - building, 3078 with specificationsSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & J Higgins EstateFunction: Shop & office

Current owner & Jessica Enterprises LtdFunction: Shop & office

Occupied by: Current owner


Photo references: Berry Library HB Museumphoto of original colour treatment#851 1932 - building just completed#661 1933 - shop front

Daily Telegraph

21/1/33 - Exterior facade

Art Deco Trust1930's - facade


Written references: Daily Telegraph30/3/32 - tenders called for buildingother references 8/3/32 & 4/5/32


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Historical notes: Originally occupied by Bestall'sShop floor rose in three levels from Hastings Street (Photos at HBMuseum)

1993 - Interior upgraded with advice form Art Deco Trust



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17 Haynes

Name of Building: Haynes


Legal Description: Pt Lot 12 DDP 33

Architect: JA Louis Hay

Builder: Suburban Land & Construction Co.


Style: Art Deco

Construction: Single storey, reinforced concrete & brick


Building permits: 1933 - building, 3205 with specifications1967 - alterations, 400 with specifications1987 - steel portal frames installed, $1000See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & HaynesFunction: Butchery

Current owner & Waiapu TrusteesFunction: Office

Occupied by: Public Trust

Plans in existence: Building File X851932 - 3 sheets original drawings (p&w) with 2 other sheets1967 - 1 sheet1987 - plan

Natusch Partnership File D/S Hay1932 - plans

Photo references: Art Deco Napier 5th Editionpg 69 - detail of relief panel on facade



Written references: Daily Telegraph

8/12/32 - tenders called for building11/5/33


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Historical notes: 1993 - shop front replaced with modern 'Art Deco' design



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18 Plaza Theatre (Former)

Name of Building: Plaza Theatre (Former)

Street Address: 142-146 Hastings Street

Legal description: Lot 1 DP 1957

Architect: Llewellyn & Williams (Wellington)Scaton Saldden & Pavitt (Engineers - Wellington)

Builder: Fletcher Construction Co


Style: Art Deco

Construction: Wall - reinforced concrete with riveted steel frameRoof - flat and gable (bitumen and fibro-cement)

Cost: 10 300 (contract)

Building permits: 1947 - shop renovations, 3001957 - renovations auditorium reinstatement, 7501960 - alterations, building reinstated & modernised after fire$18 000, total with specifications1983 - shop alterations1986 - shop alterationsSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & Napier Theatre CoFunction: Cinema

Current owner & Good Company (HB) LtdFunction: Youth Centre

Occupied by: State of It YouthShops (Deli & Card Shop)

Plans in existence: Building File X183

1932 - 10 sheets original drawings1947 - plan1957 - 3 sheets1960 - approximately 40 sheets1983 - plans

Photo references: Berry Library HB Museum1950's - Hastings Street showing cinema

The Art Deco Architecture of Napierpg 34 -1981 - detail of the top of the picture theatre


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Written references: Daily Telegraph

25/2/32 - The structure will be a monolith - boxlike & boundtogether so firmly that it would roll on its side before collapsing

Daily Telegraph10/3/32 - tenders called for theatre25/8/32 - contract let

Daily Telegraph21/10/32, 2/12/32, 10/1/33, 10/3/33 and 22/3/33

Historical notes: 1930's - buff exterior was floodlit1933 - original name Plaza Theatre'1939 renamed Regent Theatre'1960 - renamed Odeon Theatre'1990 - building still on the market after 12 months1991 - remodelled by Frivs for Theatre/Restaurant

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19 Callinicos Building

Name of building: Callinicos Building


Legal description: Lot 1 DP 6719


Style: Art Deco (Greek Motif on front elevation related to the ownersnationality)


Cost:

Building permits: 1961 - shop alterations, 500 + plan1967 - alter shopfront, $2341979 - addition, $500 + planSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & CallinicosFunction: Business premises & shop

Current owner & Lemur Holdings LtdFunction: Shops

Occupied by: Red Carpet Casino & Bar

Plans in existence:

Photo references: Daily Telegraph'HB Highlights 1986' -facade motif

Berry Library HB Museum1930's - Hastings Street showing building


Art Deco Trust1930s - Original interior

Written references: Daily Telegraph27/6/33

Historical notes:



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20 Paxies Building

Name of Building: Paxie's Building

Street Address: 180 & 184 Hastings Street



Builder:




Cost: 2442

Building permits: 1932 - erect building, 2442 + specifications1949 alterations1996 demolish & erect new fenceSee www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & PaxieFunction: Business premises & shop

Current owner & Andrew PaxieFunction: Shop & office

Occupied by: Paxie's RestaurantTudor Antiques


Plans in existence: Building File 94-03-1801932 - 2 sheets, one in Town Planning Department1959 - alter shopfront, 300

1971 - repair restaurant, $12 840

Photo references: Daily Telegraph21/1/33 - restaurant interior


Written references: Daily Telegraph23/3/32 - tenders called for building

Historical Notes:



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21 Former Northes Building

Name of Building: Former Northes Building



Architect: LG West, Son & Hornibrook

Builder:


Style: Art Deco



Building permits: 1970 - parade facade altered1986 - shop alterations, plate glass front installed1986 - new shop verandah, $16 500See www.napierplanning.govt.nz (click property info link)

Original owner & R Northe & SonsFunction: Building su

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