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Post Office Hotel, Foxton, New Zealand

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  • Kathleen Emma Dalzell (1867 - 1931)
  • George Alexander Gray (1860 - 1915)
  • Mary Gray (1783 - 1881)
    After settling in Foxton, Alexander Gray sent for his elderly widowed mother Mary Bruce Gray, whom he had left in Aberdeen in the care of his brother William Gray. In response to Alexander’s message, a...
  • Louisa Anne Gray (1837 - 1875)
    GRAY.Wellington Tribune, 18th May 1875.On the 16th inst, Foxton, Louisa, the beloved wife of Mr Alexander Gray, and eldest daughter of Mr George Waters, of this city, age 39 years. No buriel details.Lo...
  • Alexander Gray (c.1830 - 1888)
    Alexander was gifted with a shrewd Scots business sense and a genuine entrepreneurial flair. He invested a substantial portion of his capital in property in the township, anticipating that Foxton would...

THE POST OFFICE HOTEL (G. Gray, proprietor), Main Street, Foxton. This hotel is a fine two-storeyed wooden building with a verandah and balcony in front, and contains twenty rooms. The ground floor contains two comfortable sitting rooms, a well-appointed commercial room, and a large dining room. On the first floor are ten comfortable bedrooms, a sitting room, and bathrooms with hot and cold water laid on. The water supply is drawn from artesian wells. A good table is maintained, and guests receive the utmost care and courtesy.