Oamaru Post Office
The Oamaru Post Office building is a historic building in the Victorian city center of the New Zealand city of Oamaru in the Otago region . It is on the corner of Thames Street and Meek Street.
The post office, which was only built by Mason and Clayton in 1864 according to a design by William Clayton and is now also a listed building as the Oamaru Post Office (1864) , soon proved to be too small due to the rapid growth of the city due to the then important seaport.
Therefore, a new post office was built next to the old post office from 1883 to 1884 based on designs by architects Forrester & Lemon for £ 5,217 .
The building was opened on October 17, 1884, to the regret of the residents without the bell tower that is characteristic of today. This was only established after a legacy from a St John Buckley (who financed bells and clocks in memory of his uncle John McLean) and pressure from the population on the government in 1903. The clock was completed on September 17, 1903.
In 1937 additions were made in the Meek Street area.
The government wanted to have the bell tower dismantled again in 1945 because it was not earthquake-proof. An appraisal in favor of the steadfastness and protests of the citizens saved him. Today the structure is the seat of the Waitaki District Council .
On June 28, 1990, the building was classified as a Category 1 Monument (Historic Place Category I) by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 2294 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e New Zealand Historic Places Trust : Brief description of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on the new post office , accessed on May 12, 2012 (English)
- ↑ New Zealand Historic Places Trust : Brief description of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on old post offices , accessed on May 12, 2012 (English)
Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′ 3.6 ″ S , 170 ° 58 ′ 7.9 ″ O