The former Auckland Central Fire Station had frontages onto both Beresford Street and Pitt Street. The building was constructed in stages, the Beresford Street entrance comprising a bell tower with a copper dome, domestic quarters and main administrative block while the Pitt Street entrance housed the fire engines. The Pitt Street frontage (1901) is an excellent example of Queen Anne Revival. The Beresford Street entrance (1912) is an excellent exampel of Edwardian Baroque. The architectural firm of Goldsboro' and Wade built bought the original station in 1901 and the subsequent Beresford Street addition in 1912.
Auckland Central Fire Station
City Fire Brigade Station (Auckland, N.Z.), Pitt Street Fire Station (Auckland, N.Z.)
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Auckland Gas Company Ltd, Auckland
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000386-G
Description: View of the Auckland Gas Company Ltd premises and demonstration room (possibly located on the corner of Pitt Street and Beresford Street). The Auckland Fire Brigade Station is on the lefthand side. Passengers are boarding a bus at the intersection, near to a post box (destinations are Blockhouse Bay, Avondale & Pitt Street). Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1920s. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
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City Fire Brigade Station, Auckland with fire engines parked outside
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001351-G
Description: View of the City Fire Brigade Station. Two Auckland Fire Brigade engines are parked on the roadside in front of the station. Photograph taken by William A Price, ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
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Member of Women's War Service Auxiliary driving fire engine - Photograph taken by New Z...
Date: [194-?]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-141-01
Description: Member of the Women's War Service Auxiliary at the wheel of a fire engine, at the City Fire Brigade Station, Pitt Street, Auckland. Photograph taken 1940s by a New Zealand Herald staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - From the "N.Z. Herald" Auckland, N.Z.; Verso - top centre - Director of Publicity, Prime Minister's Department, Wellington.; Verso - centre - Women's War Auxiliary members replacing men at Auckland Central Fire station: at the wheel of a fire engine. During World War II, the Women's War Service Auxiliary replaced men in the Auckland Fire Brigade. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 12.1 x 16.9 cm
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Member of Women's War Service Auxiliary with fire extinguisher - Photograph taken by Ne...
Date: [194-?]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-141-02
Description: Member of the Women's War Service Auxiliary carrying a fire extinguisher, at the City Fire Brigade Station, Pitt Street, Auckland. Photograph taken 1940s by a New Zealand Herald staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - From the "N.Z. Herald" Auckland, N.Z.; Verso - centre left - Director of Publicity, Prime Minister's Department, Wellington.; Verso - centre - Women's War Auxiliary members replacing men at Auckland Central Fire station: carrying out an extinguisher. During World War II, the Women's War Service Auxiliary replaced men in the Auckland Fire Brigade. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 16.7 x 11.5 cm