This four-storey office block was erected in 1987-88 for the Westpac Banking Corporation. It replaced a T.H. Bates designed building, which was demolished in April 1987.
New Plymouth firm, Quattro Design Group Ltd., were the architects and the contractors were Fletcher Construction.
The building was officially opened by the Mayor, Mr.David Lean, on 16 May 1988.
In April 2017 it was announced that the central city bank would close after 134 years on the site.
Related documents:
Setback for bank plan (Daily News 9 April 1987)
Westpac opens new branch in Mall (Taranaki Herald 14 May 1988)
Site's long history (Taranaki Herald 14 May 1988)
Bank back to its beginnings (Daily News 18 July 1991)
Bank's Break with Tradition (Taranaki Daily News 21 April 2017)
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