Historic Significance

Historical Significance or Value This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. This bank has contributed much to the commercial history of the area. Dannevirke was the sixth office to be opened by the Bank of New Zealand in Hawkes Bay on 23 March 1887. The bank became an agency in 1892 and finally in July 1900, a branch. It played a significant role in servicing the commercial needs of the surrounding district. In addition this building has survived several serious earthquakes.

Physical Significance

This historic place was registered under the Historic Places Act 1980. This report includes the text from the original Building Classification Committee report considered by the NZHPT Board at the time of registration. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: The bank has an appropriately Classical design for what was one of the town's principal commercial buildings. Of the seventeen Charlesworth banks this is one of his most impressive. This is a fine architectural statement in a prosperous small town in a rich pastoral and agricultural district. TOWNSCAPE/LANDMARK SIGNIFICANCE: With its prominent corner siting it makes an important visual statement of commercial stability.