Former BNZ, Corner Lambton Quay and Willis St, Outside ‘Chevening’ (Photo by Julie Middleton), Departmental Building, Stout Street, late 1930s, State Insurance (former), 1940, wall decoration, Grave of architect Frederick de Jersey Clere, Sign commemorating electricity in city 1888, Executive Wing (‘Beehive’), Parliament Buildings, Public Library interior (Part of Civic Centre heritage area), Civic Centre (this is a historic area in the city council heritage schedule), Michael Fowler Centre, part of Civic Centre heritage area, Lower Hutt Town Hall and Horticultural Hall, General Headquarters (GHQ) Building (Former), Wellington mayoral candidates (2016 election). The library stayed in the building until 1973 when the collection was incorporated into the National Library of New Zealand. Deemed earthquake-prone by the Wellington City Council in 2009, the building was closed in 2012 pending further strengthening work.
Turnbull House is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand. Turnbull House is in the heart of Wellington City. The three-storey brick building was designed by William Turnbull as a private home for nationally significant collector and bibliophile Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull (1868-1918). [5], "The collectors: Grey, Turnbull and Hocken", New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, "Turnbull House, earthquake prone, to close for strengthening", "Geotechnical testing to be carried out on Wellington's Turnbull House", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turnbull_House&oldid=913660974, Buildings and structures in Wellington City, NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 September 2019, at 12:40.
It was built in 1915 as the residence of Alexander Turnbull and to house his private library, later bequeathed to New Zealand as the Alexander Turnbull Library. Turnbull House was threatened with demolition in the 1970s when the Ministry of Works planned an access ramp to link with the motorway. Truby King House, detail of plans.
It is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 historic place. We have written to the Minister of Conservation, Hon. It has been closed for about two years now and we understand DoC does not intend to begin work on it until 2017. [3], After many years as a meeting and conference venue, the building was closed to the public in 2012 due to earthquake risk. [2] The outbreak of World War I delayed construction of the house until late 1915. Oriental Bay with St Gerard’s Church and Monastery on Mt Victoria. Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull was a New Zealand merchant, dandy and book collector.
On his death, his collection became the nucleus of the Alexander Turnbull Collection, initially housed in his residence, Turnbull House, but as of 1987 housed with the collections of the National Library of New Zealand, a body formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of three libraries, including the one bearing Turnbull's name. This image and some more information on Turnbull is available on the New Zealand History website. His family’s wealth enabled him to indulge his interest in collecting from a young age.
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