More Info →Clarendon Hotel, corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square

The three-storied brick Clarendon Hotel was constructed in 1904, after fire had destroyed the earlier wooden hotel. Mr H Baker was the Proprietor. Mr Geoffry Watchorn is standing second from the left in the foreground. In 1927 the building was converted into shops and offices, and the top-storey of the building was removed after the 1931 Napier earthquake.