Connell and Clowe's Store

This building is an important link with the development of Oamaru Harbour over 100 years. Built two years after the formation of the Harbour Board, it served as the Board's headquarters right through its extensive port construction.

All the business of the Board was run from this office, the Board room and Inspector's office being upstairs.

The building has connections with all the Board members who were prominent in Oamaru's history including pioneer and merchant George Sumpter (President 1876-91), H J Miller ( the first President 1874-6), Shrimski McMaster, Meek etc.

The ornate Venetian style of the building was thought appropriate to the Board's sense of importance and prosperity.