Former Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office

The Former Australian Temperance & General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (also known as the T&G Building or the Harcourts Building) is a historic building on Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand.

Australian Temperance & General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (former)
Corner of Lambton Quay and Grey Street
General information
LocationCorner, 203-213 Lambton Quay and 22-32 Grey Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates
Completed1928
Design and construction
ArchitectAtkins & Mitchell, Henderson, Anketell & K.
Main contractorMitchell and King Ltd
Designated28-Jun-1990
Reference no.1435

The building was constructed by Mitchell and King Ltd. in 1926 and its construction was supervised by Atkins and Mitchell. In 1928, the Australian architect Kingsley Henderson described the building as "a very satisfactory" example of the great modern steel-frame building with concrete floors which "was here to stay".[1]

The building, is classified as a "Category I" ("places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value'") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[2]

The building is currently threatened with demolition, due to the costs of earthquake strengthening which are required to bring the building up to code.[3]

References
  1. Kernohan, D. (1994). "Wellington's Old Buildings", Wellington: Victoria University Press
  2. "Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited Head Office (Former)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. Schouten, Hank (29 January 2012). "Developer battles heritage rules". The Dominion-Post. Retrieved 4 February 2012.


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