Richardson Building

Richardson Building is an university building in Dunedin City, Otago. Richardson Building is situated nearby to Union Place Bridge, as well as near the grassland Union Lawn.

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Type: University building
Description: historic building in Dunedin, New Zealand
Also known as: “Hocken Building”, “Hocken Building (Former)”, and “Richardson Building, University of Otago”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Otago Museum and Archives New Zealand Dunedin Office.

Otago Museum

Museum

Tūhura Otago Museum, located near the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand, adjacent to the University of Otago campus, is one of the country's largest museums and a prominent attraction in the city. Otago Museum is situated 210 metres west of Richardson Building.

Archives New Zealand Dunedin Office

Library

Photo: Archives New Zealand, CC BY 2.0.

Archives New Zealand Dunedin Office is a library, which is situated 360 metres west of Richardson Building.

University of Otago Staff Club

University building

Photo: Benchill, CC BY-SA 3.0.

University of Otago Staff Club is an university building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunedin and Maori Hill.

Dunedin

Photo: Benchill, Public domain.

Dunedin, called Ōtepoti in Māori, is the main city of the Otago region and the second-largest city of the South Island of New Zealand. Archaeological evidence shows Māori hunters have stayed in the area from about 1280.

Maori Hill

Suburb

Maori Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the northern end of the ridge which runs in a crescent around the central city's western edge, 2 kilometres to the northwest of the city centre, immediately above and within the Town Belt.

The Exchange

Locality

Photo: Grutness, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Exchange is an area of central Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. The area was the original heart of Dunedin's CBD, although that has now moved north to an area around the city's central plaza and George Street, which leads north from it.

Richardson Building

Categories: historic building, building, and education
Location: Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-45.86601° or 45° 51′ 58″ south

Longitude

170.51349° or 170° 30′ 49″ east

Levels

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

4V6G4GM7+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 96695768

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q79301756

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Highlights include Union Place Bridge and Union Lawn.

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