Café Building, c. 1938- (Place)

SummaryBuilt about 1938 on the former Hammond's Timber Yard next to Bagley Drapers. Hammond's Timber Yard ran from Willow Street through to The Strand and fronted 126 and 128 Willow Street.

"Stripped Classical" is a very plain, simplified classical style. Visually wide rather than tal, across the front of the building are long horizontal bands that run from one side to the other, giving it a strong sense of order and balance. Near the top is a narrow, evenly patterned strip, and a wider matching band runs along the bottom of the front wall. These bands help tie the whole façade together. They're interrupted at six points by simple rectangular panels. Each of these sits directly above a visible iron support that helps hold up the roofed verandah over the footpath, which projects out from the building rather than being supported from the ground, allowing an uninterrupted pedestrian frontage along the street. SourcesTauranga properties in the city centre - sheet 1

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A.E.Hammond's timber yard 1900s

Flooding on Willow Street

Willow Street from library 1988

Willow Street

128 Willow Street

Photographed in 2015 by Rodney Giddens. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 15-482

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Café Building, c. 1938- (Place)