Our City, Christchurch
Our City, more formally Our City O-Tautahi, also known as the Old Municipal Chambers,[1] is a Queen Anne style building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace in the Christchurch Central City. It is a Category I heritage building registered with Heritage New Zealand.[2] From 1887 to 1924 it was used by Christchurch City Council as their civic offices, providing room for meetings of the council and for housing staff, before they moved to the Civic. It was then used for many decades by the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and served as the main tourist information. It was last used as an exhibition and events centre before being damaged in the Christchurch earthquakes.
| Our City O-Tautahi | |
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 Our City in 2007 | |
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| Former names | Civic offices |
| General information | |
| Type | Former civic offices |
| Location | Christchurch Central City |
| Address | 159 Oxford Terrace |
| Town or city | Christchurch |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 43.5308°S 172.6336°E |
| Construction started | 1886 |
| Inaugurated | 24 March 1887 |
| Client | Christchurch City Council |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | two |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Samuel Hurst Seager |
| Reference no. | 1844 |
| References | |
| "Municipal Chambers (Former)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 14 August 2018. | |