255-265 Stafford St
LN: 3163 C:2
1926
Archtiect Herbert Hall
Builder W.K Harding & Co
Neo Classical building is three-stories high, brick, ferro-concrete and plaster commercial building was noted for its striking design by local architect Herbert Hall. . It is well-crafted and does not appear to have dramatically altered since its construction. The main change on the exterior is at ground floor level where most of the shop fronts appear to be modern. The cantilever verandah appears to be original, supported by a rod from the base of each of the columns on the first floor. The architect for Tekapo Buildings, Herbert Hall (1880-1939), designed a number of public and domestic buildings throughout Timaru and the surrounding districts in the early part of the twentieth century. These included the Carnegie Library at Fairlie (1914) and the South Canterbury War Memorial in Timaru (1925). One of his most notable buildings was the neo-Georgian Chateau Tongariro (1928-9), erected on Mount Ruapehu in the North Island.
Significant elements doric columns, rusticated pilasters, window details and dntilled cornice
Herbert Hall also designed The Hermitage at Mt Cook, The Hydro Grand Hotel, And the Chateau Tongariro Mt Ruapehu, Caroline Bay Hall, Caroline Bay Tea Rooms and core buildings at Timaru Boys High School.
He won a gold medal of the New Zealand Institute of Architeds for the St David's Memorial Church. Built as a tribute to the Pioneers of the Mackenzie County and in remembrance of Andrew (1838-1927) and Catherine Burnett (1837-1914), who took up Mount Cook run, May 1864. They are rememberd on a plaque under a Oak Tree beside St Mary's Church.