Davies Building, c.1930-2021 (Place)

SummaryDavies Building, also known as Davies Buildings, is at 19 Devonport Road, Tauranga, and dates to c.1930. The site was owned by motor engineer Charles C. T. Davies from 1909 and leased from 1913 to motor engineer Frederick Christian. It is a two-storey main-street commercial building, historically combining ground-floor retail with upper accommodation, with stripped Classical and Art Deco elements, steel-framed windows, a central shingled hood, fretwork plaster band, raised name lettering, and flagpole. It was demolished at the end of 2021, beginning of 2022.SourcesArabin, Shirley "Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 15-256"Central Tauranga Heritage Study : part two, April 2008, page 46.Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries, Devonport Road, Tauranga (Place)

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Date Built1930-1939Date Demolished2021-2022

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Other Item(s)Devonport Road, Tauranga (Place)

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Davies Building, c.1930-2021 (Place)