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Isaac House

Isaac House, previously also known as the Cook & Ross Building and the National Bank Building is a heritage-listed building opposite Victoria Square, Christchurch, on the south-western corner of Armagh and Colombo streets.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: building in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Isaac House, Christchurch”
  • Address: 779 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central, Christchurch, 8011
  • Roof shape: mansard

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christchurch Town Hall and Christchurch Convention Centre.

Theater building
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The , since 2007 formally known as the of the Performing Arts, opened in 1972, is , New Zealand's premier performing arts centre. is situated 210 metres north of Isaac House.

Convention center
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The was New Zealand's only purpose-built convention centre, in , the 's largest city. It was opened by the mayor of Christchurch, Vicki Buck, in November 1997, and was demolished in early 2012 following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Library
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is the public library located in Central , New Zealand. It opened on 12 October 2018 and replaced the nearby Christchurch Central Library that was closed on the day of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. is situated 150 metres southeast of Isaac House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christchurch and Edgeware.

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is the largest city in the of , and the second most-populous urban area in the country. As well as having the most attractions of any place in the South Island, it's the major international entry point for visiting the rest of the island.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , New Zealand, to the north of the central city. It is centred on a cluster of some 20 shops that make up Village on Road near Colombo Street's northern end.

Suburb
is a suburb of , New Zealand, north of the city centre. Like all suburbs in Christchurch, it has no defined boundaries and is a general area, but for the purposes of statistical analysis only, Statistics New Zealand defines it as being…

Isaac House

Latitude
-43.5289° or 43° 31′ 44″ south
Longitude
172.63639° or 172° 38′ 11″ east
Levels
2
Height
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
4V8JFJCP+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 101169943
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­mansard
Wiki­data ID
Q66132715
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Isaac House”. Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.