Bank of New Zealand building, Wellington
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Bank of New Zealand building | |
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File:Bank of New Zealand, Cuba St, Wellington.jpg
Facade of the BNZ building in Cuba Street, Wellington
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General information | |
Location | 79-85 Manners Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Completed | 1913 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Turnbull, William [1] |
Main contractor | Campbell and Burke[1] |
Designated | 24-Nov-1988 |
Reference no. | 1338 |
The Bank of New Zealand building is an historic building on the corner of Manners and Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand.
The building, designed by William Turner (son of Thomas Turner), is one of Wellington's earliest reinforced concrete and steel structures. It features corinthian columns and ornate projecting cornice. It was refurbished in the early 1980s.[1]
The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[2]
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