Kete Horowhenua

Topic: Whytes Hotel, Main Street, Foxton

Whyte's Hotel has been a feature of the Foxton street-scape since 1876.

It has undergone several transformations since then and now houses the Foxton New World supermarket.

Photos of Whytes Hotel in Kete Horowhenua:

1879 - Whytes Hotel is large building on the left	Whytes Hotel on left - circa 1900
Whytes Hotel survived the fire in 1912	Whytes Hotel - undated photo
1918 - End of WWI	Report from newspaper on Whyte's Fire, 1918
Whytes Hotel Foxton fire 31.8.1918 The hotel burnt to ground after fire broke out at 6.30pm in storeroom and soon spread. The hotel had been built in 1876. It was claimed that the fire was caused by rats.	Fire - 1918
After the Fire	Whyte's Hotel Fire mural - 2010:
Whites Hotel (middle distance) - circa 1920s	Transformation into New World Supermarket
Whyte's Hotel in 2010