# Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds

280 Durham Street North · Central City · Heritage NZ list 45
https://www.chch.live/place/316
Locality record: [Central City on the register](https://www.chch.live/history/central-city)
Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/durham-street-north
Stands inside: [Canterbury Provincial Council Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1068-canterbury-provincial-council-reserve) — the park outlines the pin falls inside
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52929612120083&lon=172.63417792325754
On a walk: [The city’s stones](https://www.chch.live/walks/civic-stones)

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence — search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 22 are listed.
- LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 21 June 1894) (1894-06-21T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18940621.2.59
  > …ugust thefgovernment in a small pamphlet express a desire that in boroughs and cities the council should take charge of the proceedings which should be made as imposing as possible it is suggested tha…
- Canterbury Provincial Council buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111970
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings interior (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111951
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111958
- FORMER EXHIBITIONS. THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION OF 1865. (Evening Post, 03 August 1885) (1885-08-03T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18850803.2.37
  > …respectan admirable one it is centrally situated near the railway station the government buildings aud the theatre royal and of easy access from every sido the fine driushed the two-storied st george…
- Provincial council building door (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111961
- Provincial council building stairs (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111964
- Stairs inside provincial council buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111966
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111952
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111955

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds?**

A place on the record in Christchurch Central City, at 280 Durham Street North — Heritage New Zealand list no. 45.

**Where is Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Courtyard/Grounds?**

280 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City — [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.52929612120083,172.63417792325754,17)