# Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings

280 Durham Street North · Central City · Heritage NZ list 45
https://www.chch.live/place/60
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=-43.52925495004014&lon=172.6340354334027
On a walk: [The city’s stones](https://www.chch.live/walks/civic-stones)

## The encyclopaedia on it

The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings are the buildings of the Canterbury Provincial Council that administered the Canterbury Province from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. The buildings are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence. The buildings were substantially damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, and partially demolished by the Christchurch City Council.

— Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Provincial_Council_Buildings), a tertiary source

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence — search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 29 are listed.
- Building. Central City. Canterbury Provincial Council. Bellamys Building beside the Avon River. Weeping Willows and Cabbage Tree Prominent and Oxford Terrace on the Far Side of the River. Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. (1930-01-01T12:00:00.000Z) — https://ehive.com/collections/204221/objects/1936171
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111953
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111954
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111957
- Canterbury Provincial Council buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111967
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2000-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/docross/preearthquake/ccl-cs-7261
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2000-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/docross/preearthquake/ccl-cs-7263
- Provincial council buildings (2005-02-26T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-50795
- Christchurch Earthquake 2011 - Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2011-04-22T12:00:00.000Z) — http://www.flickr.com/photos/47470230@N07/5644160481/in/pool-eqnzchc2010/
- Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (2006-01-19T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/chris-portwine/provincialbuildings/ccl-cs-111958

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings?**

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?**

280 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City — [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.52925495004014,172.6340354334027,17)