Campbell's Building (1912-2016)

This two-storey concrete building in High Street was built in 1912 for Mr Malcolm J.Campbell. It was designed by noted Hāwera architect, Mr J.A.Duffill, and the contractor was Mr J.W.Tong. It was described in considerable detail in this article in the Hawera & Normanby Star in December 1912.

Campbell settled in Hāwera in 1872 and eventually established his own grocery business in 1893 (this date appeared on the outside of the building). One of his sons, James Ernest Campbell, was Mayor of Hāwera from 1933 until his sudden death in 1939. 

It featured in the Hāwera Town Centre Heritage Inventory (2003) where it was noted that the building had the unusual feature of "never having been painted allowing the original architectural intention to remain intact".

The building was demolished in July 2016 (Taranaki Daily News 23 July 2016)to make way for a thoroughfare, Campbell Lane, from High Street to Cornish's Car Park.