Napier is known as the Art Deco capital of New Zealand.
Above and Below: The iconic National Tobacco Company building
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ReplyDeleteWhat is that fantastic white building with the red contrasts? It may say "masonic" on the front.
ReplyDeleteIt looks deco and dashing, alright, but totally unlike the deco buildings I have seen in New Zealand (and Australia, for that matter).
The first Masonic Hotel was opened on the site in September 1861. In May 1896 it was destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt the following year in a very grand fashion. The building was originally three storeys with a single storey building alongside housing the stables and in 1906 a two storey extension was added. The extension had a promenade roof with an area of 18,000 square feet. It was one of the largest and most elaborate, up to date hotels in New Zealand at that time. In the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake the Masonic Hotel was destroyed, mainly by the fire that followed rather than by the earthquake itself.
ReplyDeleteAfter the earthquake a temporary corrugated iron building was erected to serve the patrons while the new hotel was built. The 1932 Masonic hotel was designed by Wellington architect W J Prowse. It is a simple symetrical structure, enlivened by it’s conspicuous “MASONIC” in Deco capitals of red lead light in the canopy at the entrance of the hotel.
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