Queen Street, west side, between Wellesley and Darby Streets
1865 (unknown photographer) - 2025
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The Thistle Hotel (at right in the 1865 image) was rebuilt in this location after a fire destroyed its predecessor (farther down Queen Street on the east side) in 1863. Its proprietor, Patrick Darby, would be remembered in the naming of Darby Street (at far right in the 2025 image—it didn't exist in 1865) which is thought to have been created as part of an 1875 subdivision*.
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The New Zealander, 22 April 1863, Page 1 |
Patrick Darby pictured in the Observer, 11 June 1904, Page 4 |
Below: A detail from the 1865 image. At left, the premises of Daniel Caley, baker.
Below: The Thistle in 1918. For a then-and-now treatment of this Henry Winkelmann picture click here.
1918 image: Henry Winkelmann | Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1-W1646A
* Darby Building Heritage Evaluation, Auckland Council, 2017, page 5.
