(video) Inside the Country Pubs – Club Hotel in Pahiatua
Welcome to my third video tour through some of the great old country pubs in the lower north island. This 100 year old build in the main street of Pahiatua is said to be built out of Kauri.
Here’s what the The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts] circa 1897 to 1908 had to say
The Club Hotel, Main Street, Pahiatua. This hotel was established in 1878, but has since been rebuilt. The present building is a two-storeyed one of brick and wood, with veranda and balcony, and contains sixty rooms. It has a wide frontage to two streets, and the double entrances open into large halls, which are well lighted and ventilated. On the ground floor is a fine commercial room, four sitting rooms, and a dining room, with seating accommodation for eighty guests. The first floor contains forty well-furnished bedrooms, three sitting rooms, two bathrooms, and lavatories. There are convenient stables adjoining the hotel, from which cabs leave to meet every train. The Club Hotel is well managed, the table and accommodation are good, and the liquors are of the best brands [see circa 1910 Photograph below].
Club Hotel Pahiatua circa 1910
