Custom House (Oamaru)
The Custom House ( English "customs house" ) is a historic building in the Victorian town center in the New Zealand town of Oamaru in the region Otago . It is located at the intersection of Tyne Street and Wansbeck Street.
It was built in 1884 to designs by the architects Forrester & Lemon in the Victorian style typical of the historic city center of Oamaru as a British customs house for the then important port of Oamaru.
Today it is used by the North Otago Arts Society . This has also set up a gallery here.
On July 2, 1987, the building was classified as a Category 1 Monument (Historic Place Category I) by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 3461 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d New Zealand Historic Places Trust : Brief description of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the monument , accessed on May 5, 2012 (English)
Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′ 15.7 ″ S , 170 ° 58 ′ 11.2 ″ O