Westpoint Plaza
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Description
Westpoint Plaza, corner of King Street South and Heretaunga Street West, Hastings
Street address 244 Heretaunga Street West
New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register Category 2, Number 2787
Built 1934 by Charles Samuel Palmer
Architects – Harold G Davies and Eric Phillips
Modern style with corner “drum” or low tower; Deco-influenced shallow vertical fluting; window joinery is metal
Originally the building was in grey stucco.
Angled parking
Originally Roach’s Department Store in 1931
Renamed Westpoint Plaza in 1981
In 2015 the corner store is occupied by the Taranaki Savings Bank (TSB) and the rest is occupied by The Farmers Trading Company Limited.
1 – Warehouse Clothing Company occupying corner store
2 – Looking east down Heretaunga Street
Hannah’s Shoes store on right
Clock tower in distance
Location
Corner King Street South and Heretaunga Street West, HastingsFormat of the original
PhotographsAccession number
907/1842/41565Supporters and sponsors
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