University of Auckland: Clock Tower and Old Choral Hall

While exploring Heritage Images online I decided to search images of the University of Auckland out of interest as I’ve studying there for the past five years. The images are very interesting and give a gauge as to how the university has changed over the years.

Ref: Henry Winkelmann, Looking across Princes Street from the Albert Park grounds..., February 1927, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1-W791.

Ref: Clifton Firth, Showing the new buildings at the University of Auckland..., c1939, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 34-Z283. 

Ref: Clifton Firth, Showing the interior of the old Arts building at the University of Auckland, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 34-Z288.

The Clock Tower hasn’t changed too much but I was surprised to see how Old Choral Hall had changed drastically since the early 20th century. It started out resembling the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a classical Roman design, but these days the columns are gone and the building has increased in size.

Ref: Henry Winkelmann, Showing the front view of the old Choral Hall..., 29 August 1917, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1-W1610.

Ref: James D. Richardson, Looking across Symonds Street from the..., c1930, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 7-A5860.

Ref: James D. Richardson, Science block of Auckland University..., 10 April 1940, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-2655.

Ref: Old Choral Hall University of Auckland, 14 July 2015.

This was the final guest post by Ashley, a student who has spent her winter placement with us here at Auckland Libraries. We have really appreciated her contributions to Heritage et AL. Thanks Ashley!