The Last Post was Oamaru’s first Post Office and opened in 1863. There were several Lime Stone quarries in Oamaru during its formative years and The Last Post is built from Casa Nova quarry stone as is the historic bridge adjacent to the building. I was under that recently!
It boasts itself being the oldest public building in Oamaru and the only surviving public building by the prominent architect W.H. Clayton.
The clock was never installed in the tower and further extensions were built to the south in 1875.
By 1879 the building was considered inadequate for the purpose and a new Post Office was opened next door in 1884.
The building was then used as government departments including the social welfare until it was refurbished and opened as The Last Post Pub & Restaurant in 1992.
The Last Post name derives from a tribute to our fallen soliders with a memorial to them being sited at the front of the building.
@maggiemae Not at all, Maggie. I'm following you so I must look at your art. It is really interesting to see the life in your country through your eyes and your vision of it. I'm so sorry I'm not always follow you in time. But believe me, I'm constantly thinking about it.
@anden thank you Anatoly for your thoughts ...and also. Like to see more of your community - you are so good at birds but must be so with people and landscapes?
Nice monochromatic feel to the shot and I like the composition.