Wains Hotel

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320D Princes St, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand

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S45° 52' 43.86" E170° 30' 2.88"   (-45.87885, 170.5008) Start navigation »

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The Wains Hotel Building (frequently spelt grammatically but incorrectly as Wain's Hotel) is a historic hotel building in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is currently occupied by the Park Regis Dunedin hotel.
Job Wain started his first hotel in downtown Dunedin in the 1860s, at the height of the Central Otago gold rush. Business flourished, and when the Commercial Bank next door closed Wain expanded his business into that building. He continued to buy nearby properties, and in 1878 contracted to have a major new structure — costing £14,000 — built in Princes Street, designed by Mason, Wales, & Stevenson. At that time, the Exchange area where the hotel was constructed was the heart of Dunedin's central business district, so it was very well positioned for major trade.

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