Old Post Office, 15 Cathedral Square

Central City Post Offices

New Zealand Postal Services building, Hereford Street

Central City Post Offices

Christchurch Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Central City Post Offices

Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Central City Post Offices

The Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Central City Post Offices

Central City Post Offices

Horse-drawn trams, hackney & hansom cabs

Central City Post Offices

Cathedral Square, south corner from Cathedral tower

Central City Post Offices

Central City Post Offices

Central City Post Offices

New Zealand Postal Services building, Hereford Street

6 May 1981

Exterior of the New Zealand Postal Services building on Hereford Street taken from Worcester Street. A carpark is visible in the foreground.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - West

Source: Christchurch Star Archive

Reference ID: CCL-StarP-00667A

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Christchurch Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

circa 1975

This building opened in 1879. On the left are the women's rest rooms and crèche which opened in 1932.

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Source: Archive 870

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD18-0009

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Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Circa 1885

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Black and white

Source: Illustrated guide to Christchurch and neighbourhood / M. Mosley, after p. 32.

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD12-0079

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The Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch

1906

A recently added extension is shown on the right

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Black and white

Source: The weekly press, 10 October 1906, p. 51

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD06-0050

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Old Post Office, 15 Cathedral Square

2004

View of east facade of the former post office in Cathedral Square. The Regent Theatre and Clarendon Towers can be seen on the right and the Telecom Building in Hereford Street overshadowing the post office building on the left.

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Source: Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in Canterbury Stories

Reference ID: CCL-PH13-073

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Horse-drawn trams, hackney & hansom cabs

Circa 1900

In front of the Godley Statue, Cathedral Square, Christchurch : the Post Office is behind.

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

Black and white

Reference ID: CCL-KPCD14-0011

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Cathedral Square, south corner from Cathedral tower

Circa 1881

This scene pre-dates 1884 when Morten's Buildings took over the site at the left. The small stone Torlesse building in the centre, designed by M. Bury and built in 1874, survived until 1916 when it was replaced by the Strand theatre. In the corner of the Square is the New Zealand Insurance Co. building built ca. 1870, while dominating the right is the then new Government Buildings (later the Chief Post Office), built in 1879 to a design by W.H. Clayton.

Creator: Coxhead, F. A.

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square