227:(DOC) in 1988. In 1990 the Trust gave the store a Category 1 listing, which designated it as a significant building meriting preservation. It fell into disrepair but the local community decided in the 1990s to restore it to a usable building, with a library premises being one of the possible uses and in 1994 DOC began a five-year restoration programme. The Ōkārito Community Association contributed $ 100,000 towards the renovation. It owns and maintains the hall in partnership with DOC.
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Donovan's Store building was originally the Club Hotel, built on The Strand in 1865 or 1866 during the gold mining rush at Ōkārito. The hotel was converted to a general store in the 1890s and run by James Donovan (1867–1960) and his wife Eva Donovan for about 60 years. As well as the Ōkārito port
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The front part of the building is the oldest with a lean-to at the back added later. Reconstruction work on the store showed it was built with a mixture of native timbers including
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who ran the store part–time until 1965. In 1987 the building was bequeathed to the
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