Photo: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Station · Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin Railway Station
- Dated
- Dated 1903–06
- Declared purpose
- Railway station
- Today
- Survives, station and venue
- Build time
- About 3 years
- Region
- Australia/NZ
- Architect of record
- George Troup, architect: about 40 when credited (1903, born 1863). Build time on record: about 3 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Documented
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A Flemish Renaissance station of basalt and limestone by George Troup.
Stone for a small city
Basalt and Oamaru limestone in a Flemish Renaissance style, for a provincial city at the bottom of the South Island.
A mosaic floor
Its booking hall has a mosaic floor of hundreds of thousands of tiles.
Nicknamed 'Gingerbread George'
Its architect George Troup earned the nickname for his ornate designs.
Questions worth asking
- Why so grand a station at the bottom of the world?
Possible original uses
- Station
What the photos show
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Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
