(2) Old Customs House, Clyde Street, c.1870
Component — Box: ICC-0998
Identifier: S27520001_002
Old Customs House, Clyde Street
Scope and Contents
Customs House, west side of Clyde Street in Railway Reserve/General Government Buildings, Block LXXVIII. Photographer unknown.
Dates
- c.1870
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
The Customs House collected and processed duties on shipping, cargo and gold coming into the city, as well as reporting on the revenue of imports and exports, and statistical information regarding migration. Captain Andrew Ellis was appointed Invercargill's first Custom’s Officer, Magistrate and Postmaster. The town's first Customs House was a weather-board office on the west-side of Dee Street, built in 1858. In 1863 a new Customs House was erected on the west side of Clyde Street, near the Otepuni Stream. This was Invercargill’s first building to be constructed with bricks. The office later moved back to it's old site in the Government Buildings Block on Dee Street.
See Bibliography for sources
See Bibliography for sources
Extent
From the Item: 1 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Item: English
Existence and Location of Copies
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Bibliography
Hall-Jones, J. (2013). Old Invercargill.
Library reference: 993.98 HAL
Library reference: 993.98 HAL
Physical Description
Black and white, gelatin silver photographic print.
Dimensions
H 73mm x W 82mm
Album Caption
2. Old Customs House, Clyde Street.
Repository Details
Part of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives Repository
