On the corner of Ridgway Street and Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. First licence issued in April 1850 to Cornelius Campion. Other early licensees were John Gotty and an ex-Royal Artillery sergeant, WS Russell, who is often credited with building the first Rutland Hotel which he began advertising in the Taranaki Herald in February 1859. This hotel burnt down on Christmas Day 1868 while it was run by Peter Chavannes, who promptly rebuilt it and then went bankrupt. Chavannes later sold out to Frank Evans, who had to rebuild the hotel again after another fire in August 1880. Fires continued to feature in the history of the Rutland with a gas explosion in 1910 and another Christmas Day fire in 1947, after which the top floor of the corner building was removed.
Rutland Hotel (Whanganui, N.Z.)
[Creator unknown] :Plan of sections nos 171 and 172 Borough of Wanganui Rutland Hotel p...
Date: 1910
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Maps associated with architectural plans. 1906-1995].
Reference: MapColl-832.4199gbbd/[1910-17]/Acc.46927
Description: Ground and first floor plan with measurements. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, scale [1:192], 39 x 57 cm. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - Various architects. [Plans for buildings in Wellington and Wanganui, 1898, 1902-03, 1917-26, 1937-1940] - Plans-2002-058-Folder-083.
Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919 :Alterations and additions to Rutland Hotel for A J Parson, e...
Date: 1898 - 1903
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919
Reference: Plans-2002-058-083-001/013
Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations to Ridgway Street and Victoria Street. Also includes details of facade and balcony supports, and roof plan. Folder number assigned by the Library. Quantity: 13 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, sizes varying up to 720 x 970 mm.
Atkins & Bacon, architects :Reinstatement Rutland Hotel Wanganui. [1910, 1917].
Date: 1910 - 1917
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Atkins & Bacon (Firm)
Reference: Plans-2002-058-083-014/018
Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations to Ridgway Street and Victoria Street. Also includes details of the dome and a plan of sections 171 and 172 Wanganui. Folder number assigned by the Library. Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, sizes varying up to 580 x 845 mm.
Atkins & Bacon, architects :Rutland Hotel Wanganui. [undated and 1926].
Date: 1926
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].
By: Atkins & Bacon (Firm)
Reference: Plans-2002-058-083-019/032
Description: Includes floor plans, showing amendments to dining room, ground floor and first floor. Folder number assigned by the Library. Quantity: 14 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, sizes varying up to 580 x 845 mm.
Sullivan's Rutland Hotel, corner of Ridgway Street and Victoria Avenue, Wanganui
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963
Reference: 1/1-016918-G
Description: Sullivan's Rutland Hotel, corner of Ridgway Street and Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, with men and horse drawn carts alongside. Photograph taken by Frank J Denton, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, including the Rutland Hotel and the New Zealand Clothing Fa...
Date: [between 1856-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/2-008368-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Ridgway Street, Wanganui, including intersection with Victoria Avenue, and the Rutland ...
Date: [188-?]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/2-008373-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Showing the Watt Fountain. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Rutland hotel, under construction, Whanganui
Date: [between 1856-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/1-000270-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Four images on one negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Rutland Hotel in Wanganui
Date: [between ca 1859-1868]
From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)
By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899
Reference: 1/1-016630-G
Description: Rutland Hotel, Wanganui between circa 1859-1868. Photograph taken by William James Harding. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass (copy?) negative
Wanganui street with Chavannes Rutland Family Hotel and street lamp
Date: [1870-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-017107-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Men, horses and carts outside Rutland Hotel, corner of Ridgway Street and Victoria Aven...
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/2-008410-G
Description: The name A J Parsons is painted above the main entrance. Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Wanganui street scene with Chavannes Rutland Family Hotel and street lamp
Date: [1870-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-017106-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Artist unknown :Whanganui
Date: 1962
By: Monro, Paul Alexander (Dr), 1928-2013
Reference: B-193-014
Description: A view of the growing settlement of Whanganui, from across the river at Durie Hill. Shows Taylor & Watt's wharf and premises in the foreground on the left, Rutland Hotel and St Mary's, the first Roman Catholic Church in Victoria Avenue in the middle ground. Also visible is Rutland Stockade on the hill to the right. The view is taken before the Victoria Bridge, later named the Whanganui City Bridge, was built in 1871 Backing board has remnants of a sticker from John Dixon Antiques Ltd, Auckland, that reads: 'Whanganui, 1862 / Original watercolour by EJR (unidentified artist)'. The initials could be excluding the surname,as there is further inscription that is obscured by the title and date Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Whanganui 1862 [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and Chinese white on paper, 205 x 365 mm (sight), in mat 320 x 475 mm Provenance: Prior to auction, from the estate of Dr P A and J B Monro, Taupo.
Rutland Hotel, Whanganui
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)
By: Rutland Hotel (Whanganui, N.Z.)
Reference: 1/1-007742-G
Description: Photograph showing the Rutland Hotel, Whanganui, on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Ridgeway Street. Taken by Tesla Studios, circa 1910. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).