AUCKLAND HOTEL
Demolition For Offices "The Press" Special Service AUCKLAND, January 7. The Metropolitan Hotel at the corner of Queen and Durham streets, Auckland, will close on Monday night. After 66 years the hotel will be demolished to make way for the new 190-ft, 16storey Norwich Union Life Insurance building. The old three-floored brick veneer hotel was sold recently by Campbell, Ehrenfried Company, Ltd., for £lOO,OOO. Forty years ago it was valued at £30,000. It was not the first Metropolitan Hotel in Auckland—the first stood at the corner of Queen and Fort streets, now the site of the Imperial Hotel. It was not until 1896 that the name “Metropolitan” appeared at the corner of Queen and Durham streets. The Metropolitan was first owned by Sir John Logan Campbell, one-time Mayor of Auckland, and became a Campbell, Ehrenfried Company, Ltd., asset when the company was formed in 1897. Mr T. Brett ha* been the lessee for the last four years. Mrs Brett said the and her husband would enjoy a quiet holiday. A Campbell. Ehrenfried spokesman said the hotel licence would be transferred to a new hotel to be built within a. 10-mile radius of the present one.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29715, 8 January 1962, Page 13
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