Pigeon Post House
The Pigeon Post House is located at 112 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, on the corner of Newton Road and Upper Queen Street. From 1897 into the early 20th century the building was used as a pigeon-carrier postal service between Great Barrier Island and Auckland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Apartment building
- Description: historic building in Auckland, New Zealand
- Also known as: “The Pigeon Loft”
- Address: 112 Newton Road, Eden Terrace
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basque Park and St Benedict’s Church.
Basque Park
Park
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
Basque Park is a north-facing reserve in Eden Terrace, a former working class suburb in central Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. It is surrounded by Symonds Street, Newton Road, New North Road and the North Western Motorway. Basque Park is situated 170 metres southwest of Pigeon Post House.
St Benedict’s Church
Church
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Benedict's Church is a historic neo-Gothic Catholic church in Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, the church complex includes a Presbytery and a former convent — at one point the complex included a school and club rooms but these have since been demolished. St Benedict’s Church is situated 300 metres northeast of Pigeon Post House.
Sky Tower
Photo: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sky Tower is a telecommunications and observation tower in Auckland, New Zealand. Located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets within the city's CBD, it is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the… Sky Tower is situated 1½ km north of Pigeon Post House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton and Eden Terrace.
Newton
Quarter
Photo: Helenalex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newton is a small suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Since the construction of the Central Motorway Junction in 1965–75, Newton has been divided into two parts, and as a result, lost much of its size and coherence.
Eden Terrace
Suburb
Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eden Terrace is an inner city suburb of Auckland, located 2 km south of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. Eden Terrace is one of Auckland's oldest suburbs, and also one of the smallest.
Grafton
Suburb
Photo: Oskari.miettinen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grafton is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and the grandfather of a subsequent Governor, Robert FitzRoy.
Pigeon Post House
- Categories: historic building, building, and residential building
- Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-36.86303° or 36° 51′ 47″ southLongitude
174.75838° or 174° 45′ 30″ eastOpen location code
4VMP4QP5+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 332241827OpenStreetMap feature
building=apartmentsWikidata ID
Q15266288
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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 “Pigeon Post House”. Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY 2.5.