Northcote Hotel (37 Queen Street)

Northcote's first hotel was built by Philip Callan in 1859 and is thought to have been constructed of bricks from Callan's Sulphur Beach brickworks. It was located on the other side of King Street from the present building and was originally called the North Auckland Hotel. Later it was known as the Ferry Hotel. In 1882, it was announced that the hotel was to be pulled down and replaced by a “handsome family hotel” of “the Italian order of architecture,” with about twenty rooms and a spacious clubroom commanding extensive sea views. Local architects Hammond and Sons designed the new building. By the end of the 1890s, the name had again changed to the Northcote Hotel. The northern wing of the hotel was added a few years after 1900.

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