# Former Government Buildings and Setting

26/28 Cathedral Square · Central City · Heritage NZ list 301
https://www.chch.live/place/276
Locality record: [Central City on the register](https://www.chch.live/history/central-city)
Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/cathedral-square
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.53114190395977&lon=172.63847870458295
On a walk: [The square and its ring](https://www.chch.live/walks/cathedral-square)

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence — search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 41 are listed.
- Government Buildings (Former) - List No. 301 (1910-00-00T00:00:00) — https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/301/Government%20Buildings%20(Former)
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 15 May 1897) (1897-05-15T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970515.2.83.1
  > …city shop property leasehold corner section 21 years to run at a ground rent of 77 pa the buildings comprise corner shop 5 dwelling rooms bakehouse stables c small shop adjoin ing with dwelling and 7…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 March 1906) (1906-03-22T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060322.2.61.2
- Christchurch Transport Board building (1973-07-171973-07-17) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1973/ccl-cs-71588
- Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 December 1904) (1904-12-28T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19041228.2.26.2
  > …eap a ra 3j acres of good useful land ov together with comfortable 4-room ed house and outbuildings nice flower garden and good orchard situate handy to town f s malcolm and co sydenham i a on a comfo…
- C & J Colville Plumbers and Drainlayers (1905-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2021/ccl-cs-38953
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 April 1909) (1909-04-13T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090413.2.60.1
  > …e is only a few steps from the tram foi 78 suburban properties 87512 acres 6 rooms and outbuildings 950 11 acres 4 rooms and outbuildings 200 fruit trees 830 2 acres and 6 rooms 1050 superior 6-roomed…
- Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 22 September 1933) (1933-09-22T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19330922.2.2.4
- Government Buildings (2009-01-09T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/adrienne-rewi-collection/christchurch/ccl-cs-110414
- Government Buildings, Worcester Street (2004-10-15T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/obeirne/ccl-cs-16094

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Former Government Buildings and Setting?**

A place on the record in Christchurch Central City, at 26/28 Cathedral Square — Heritage New Zealand list no. 301.

**Where is Former Government Buildings and Setting?**

26/28 Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City — [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.53114190395977,172.63847870458295,17)