Dunedin Railway Station

#227 Do - celebrate one of our most iconic buildings. The Dunedin Railway Station was designed in Flemish Renaissance style by George Alexander Troup. The project earned him the nickname Gingerbread George, as he was known for his elaborate decoration. The station officially opened in 1906 and included a mosaic floor of 750,000 Minton tiles and walls with Royal Doulton porcelain tiles in the booking hall, dark basalt from Kokonga in Central Otago, limestone from Oamaru, terracotta roof shingles from Marseilles and granite columns from Peterhead in Scotland. Fascinating to read an article on Papers Past from the Otago Witness November 1906 about the official opening and by then, there were 100 trains going in and out every day.

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