Sargood Centre

Sargood Centre
Sargood Centre in 2007, seen from the south
Alternative names	Exhibition Art Gallery (former)
General information
Location	Dunedin North
Address	40 Logan Park Drive, Dunedin
Coordinates	45°51′53″S 170°31′33″E / 45.86472°S 170.52583°E / -45.86472; 170.52583
Client	1925 New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edmund Anscombe
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Jackie Gillies
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Designated	7 July 1982
Reference no.	2149

The Sargood Centre is the common name for the former Exhibition Art Gallery, located at 40 Logan Park Drive in Dunedin, Otago. It is registered as a Category I heritage building by Heritage New Zealand. The building was designed by Edmund Anscombe as the art gallery for the 1925 New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition. The building is considered of "outstanding historical significance" as it is the only exhibition building from any of New Zealand's exhibitions that is still intact and in situ, and one of only eight worldwide.

Construction began in 1924 and was completed in 1925. The building is of brick and concrete construction.^[1]

After the international exhibition, the gallery was purchased for the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, thanks to a significant donation from Percy and Lucy Sargood, in memory of their son Cedric. Since 1997 it has housed sports organisations and a function room.