Heritage façade light show

Public Trust Building

28 Don Street

Constructed in 1921 and designed by CJ Brodrick & TP Royds in a low-key Art Nouveau style, the Public Trust Building is rumoured to be the first building in Invercargill to be constructed entirely of reinforced concrete. People often comment that the unique cast iron entrance canopy is particularly lovely.

Tillermans

14 Don Street

Since the late 1800s this two-storied Victorian building at 14 Don Street has seen many lives; it has, amongst other things, been a blacksmith shop, part of William Todd & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, a billiard rooms, and the Sponge Kitchen.

Invercargill Club

32 Don Street

Wow, the Invercargill Club has served its members from this building since its opening in 1892! Designed by Charles Gilbertson, it is a provincial example of exclusive men-only clubs that provided ‘a means of establishing gentlemanly status’ and a network of connections among like-minded gentlemen in nineteenth century New Zealand. Gentlemen’s Clubs were essentially surrogate homes providing privacy in an era where interactions in the home were tightly prescribed by etiquette.