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... first floor. This gives the structure a distinct technical value. Historic Value: The Dominion Post Building has had a typical retail building history, having been occupied by a variety of businesses over perhaps 90 years. It has historical value too for its having survived the ...
... of the windows, and provides a focus of some visual interest in the area. Historic Value: Duckworth's Building has the type of history that can be attributed to many of the buildings in the Hastings CBD. That is, it has housed a variety of retail ...
... to locals. The building's present appearance is the direct result of the Hawke's Bay earthquake, the single most important event in the building's history. The collapse of the tower that surmounted the previous post office led to the death of one man and injuries to many others ...
... CBD and its distinctive appearance and character in the streetscape helps to add to the sense of arrival at the western end of the city.1 HISTORY: The building at 104 Nelson Street was built in 1936 for undertakers' Charles Tong and Austin McIvor.2 Constructed by H.W. Abbott ...
... Hill Updated: 10 August 2007 and 5 January 2010, updated July 2012 (Cochran& Murray); Final Report, November 2012 HISTORY: The four buildings in this group, although sharing a high degree of commonality in appearance and a similar range of commercial uses ...
... main part of it survived the Hawke's Bay earthquake with no reported damage, while other buildings in the immediate vicinity were badly damaged. HISTORY: The details surrounding the construction of the Rainbow and Hobbs Building are not entirely clear, due to the absence of key information.1 ...
... Commerce Buildings has modest architectural value for its well-proportioned Stripped Classical design. Historic value: The building has a long-standing association with the retail history of Hastings, as it has housed a variety of retail outlets since its construction. It is of modest importance as one of ...
... Buildings has, at best, modest local historical significance. Althoug h it is a reasonably well-known landmark, it has had an uneventful history and has not been associated with any major people or events. However, the story of its origins with poor Irish immigrants making ...
... of the Central Business District. Social Value: The public patronage of the various retail outlets in this building over the course of its history gives the building some local, social significance. HISTORY: This building, which replaced an earlier building on the site in the ...
... makes a very positive contribution to the heritage character of the nearby area, particularly in the context of the undistinguished modern immediate neighbours. HISTORY: The Bank of New South Wales began operations in Hastings, on this site, in December 18841 (both Boyd and Wright ...
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