Kōrero: Troup, George Alexander

A design by George Alexander Troup for the Dunedin railway station

A design by George Alexander Troup for the Dunedin railway station

In the competition for a design for the Dunedin railway station George Alexander Troup submitted this perspective sketch for a Gothic style building; but it was his alternative baroque design which won, and was constructed in 1904.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-064-007

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James Veitch. 'Troup, George Alexander', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/2t49/troup-george-alexander (accessed 31 March 2023)