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The Gilmer Hotel, Greymouth
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DescriptionTHE GILMER HOTEL (Thomas Oxenham, proprietor) corner of Mawhera Quay and Tainui Street, Greymouth. This hotel was established in the year 1865, and has been conducted by Mr. Oxenham since 1896.
The building is a two-storied one of wood and iron, with a large balcony on two sides, and contains fifty-two rooms, including thirty-nine bedrooms, eight sitting rooms, a dining-hall capable of seating sixty guests, a billiard room which contains three tables, and three sample rooms.
The “Gilmer” is well known as one of the leading commercial hotels on the West Coast. The proprietor, Mr. Oxenham, was born in the year 1850 at Enfield, Middlesex, England, where he was educated. He was afterwards apprenticed to theprinting business, and was for many years with Messrs Waterlow and Sons, of Finsbury Pavement. After that he carried on business on his own account in Garlick Hill, London.
Mr. Oxenham came to New Zealand in the year 1887, and landed in Wellington by the s.s. “Rimutaka.” He went to Petone, where he built the first hotel in the township, and conducted it for nine years. Afterwards he removed to the West Coast, settled at Greymouth, and acquired the Gilmer Hotel in 1896.
As a Freemason, Mr. Oxenham is treasurer of Lodge Mawhera, No. 136, Greymouth.
Location (city or town)GreymouthMap[1]
The building is a two-storied one of wood and iron, with a large balcony on two sides, and contains fifty-two rooms, including thirty-nine bedrooms, eight sitting rooms, a dining-hall capable of seating sixty guests, a billiard room which contains three tables, and three sample rooms.
The “Gilmer” is well known as one of the leading commercial hotels on the West Coast. The proprietor, Mr. Oxenham, was born in the year 1850 at Enfield, Middlesex, England, where he was educated. He was afterwards apprenticed to theprinting business, and was for many years with Messrs Waterlow and Sons, of Finsbury Pavement. After that he carried on business on his own account in Garlick Hill, London.
Mr. Oxenham came to New Zealand in the year 1887, and landed in Wellington by the s.s. “Rimutaka.” He went to Petone, where he built the first hotel in the township, and conducted it for nine years. Afterwards he removed to the West Coast, settled at Greymouth, and acquired the Gilmer Hotel in 1896.
As a Freemason, Mr. Oxenham is treasurer of Lodge Mawhera, No. 136, Greymouth.
Location (city or town)GreymouthMap[1] 
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West Coast New Zealand History (6th May 2015). The Gilmer Hotel, Greymouth. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 10th Apr 2026 15:50, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/1048