Gluepot Tavern
The Gluepot Tavern was a live music venue in Auckland, New Zealand. It closed in 1994.
| Gluepot Tavern | |
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Front of Gluepot Tavern | |
| General information | |
| Address | 340 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby |
| Town or city | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°50′51″S 174°44′38″E |
| Opened | 1937 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Frederick Browne |
| Designated | 12 December 1994 |
| Reference no. | 7218 |
The building was opened in 1937. It is located at 340 Ponsonby Road in Ponsonby on a prominent junction known as Three Lamps Corner. It was designed by Frederick Browne. It stands on the site of an earlier hotel dating to the 1870s. This earlier hotel, nicknamed "The Gluepot" or "The Old Gluepot" possibly because men would go there for a quick drink and then be 'stuck' there all evening, was demolished in 1936. Officially known as the Ponsonby Club Hotel, the nickname "The Gluepot" became official sometime during the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Regular clientele of the Gluepot over the years included New Zealand's first Labour Party Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage, who lived nearby. Owing to its importance in the history of the New Zealand live music scene and the cultural life of Auckland, the building gained a Category II listing from Heritage New Zealand in 1994.