On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…
Christchurch’s newest and grandest hotel in the first decade of the 1900s was the Clarendon Hotel situated on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street. It replaced the former two-sto…
Register Record for Perry's Occidental Hotel, 208 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Register Record for the Carlton Hotel, 1 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Registration Report for Perry's Occidental Hotel, 208 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Warner's Hotel, 50 Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Perry's Occidental Hotel, 208 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Building Record Form for the Carlton Hotel, 1 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Building Record Form for Dorothy's Boutique Hotel, 2 Latimer Square, Christchurch
Registration Report for the Clarendon Hotel Facade, 78 Worcester Street, Christchurch.
Building Record Form for the Zetland Hotel, 88-92 Cashel St, Christchurch.
Building Record Form for the Clarendon Hotel Facade, 78 Worcester Street, Christchurch.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 3 October 2012 entitled, "Hopeful Hotel".
Before Christchurch had a morgue, the gruesome task of storing a dead body was left to Christchurch’s public hotels. On practical terms, they had the space to hold a coroner’s inquest a…
It’s been a busy month for Underground Overground Archaeology as we’ve been actively involved in New Zealand Archaeology Week 2018 running displays, historical tours, and talks – all of them highly successful thanks to history and archaeology lovers across the … Continue reading →
On an empty beach near Sumner, a young boy and his Irish Spaniel stand at the shoreline as the photographer captures the moment. Further down the beach, beneath the original formation of Clifton Sp…
This week we’re delving into the seedier side of the life in early Christchurch with the story of the Standard Hotel, an establishment that found itself on the fringes of Victorian respectability during its short existence in the 1860s. At … Continue reading →
A written history of 208 Hereford Street, Perry's Occidental Hotel.
A written history of 120 Manchester Street, the Excelsior Hotel.
A written history of the 50 Cathedral Square, Warner's Hotel.
Once upon a time, there was a baker (a pie-maker, even) who left his home in Germany and travelled the length of the world to a small country in the South Pacific. There, in a young city built on a … Continue reading →
A written history of Copthorne Hotel on Durham, 335 Durham Street.
A written history of 161 Cashel Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
A written history of 78 Worcester Street, the Clarendon Hotel and Clarendon Towers.
Sandwiched between the White Hart Hotel and the Universal Boot Depot at 223 and 225 High Street, was the business founded by Mr James Freeman, pastry cook and caterer. After browsing through Messrs…
1884 Outside the City Hotel, a stream of Hackney and Hansom cabs wait for fares at ‘Cabstand Corner’ (later known as the ‘Triangle’.) The year is 1884 and it appears t…
Sandwiched between the iconic White Hart Hotel and the Universal Boot Depot at 223-225 High Street, was the business founded by Mr James Freeman, a pastry cook and caterer. Opened in 1891, the buil…
In 1907, a former public house on the corner of Durham and Battersea Street, Sydenham, was opened as the first women’s maternity hospital in Christchurch. Founded by the Right Honorable Richa…
Drunkeness was a serious problem in Christchurch by the late 1870s. It didn’t help that for a city of its size, there were 47 hotels and breweries as opposed to just 10 dentists and chemist …
Bathing machines are at last to be established at Sumner, and they will supply a want which has long been felt. There is one already at New Brighton in connection with the Hotel, but I should imagi…