page_title: Symonds Street
section_title: Notable locations
hierarchical_section_title: Symonds Street / Notable locations
caption_attribution_description: English: The Rationalist House (also including the - wait for it - 'Rations' cafe / lunch spot) on southern Symonds Street in Auckland, New Zealand.
context_page_description: Symonds Street is a street in Auckland, New Zealand's most populous city. It was the main road going south from Auckland, and was named after William Cornwallis Symonds in 1842, soon after his death. The road runs southwest and uphill from the top of Anzac Avenue, through the City Campus of University of Auckland, over the Northwestern Motorway and Auckland Southern Motorway and to the start of New North Road and Mount Eden Road.
context_section_description: St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 2 Symonds St, 1850, oldest surviving chuch in Auckland.
  Belgrave, 12 Symonds St, 1885, Two-storey Italianate house, now part of the University of Auckland.
  House, 14 Symonds St, 1884, Two-storey Italianate house, now part of the University of Auckland.
  House, 16 Symonds St, 1884, Two-storey Italianate house, now part of the University of Auckland.
  Old Choral Hall, 5-7 Symonds St, 1872, A concert chamber and public hall, now part of the University of Auckland.
  St Paul's Church, 28 Symonds St, 1895, Anglican church built on the site of the first church in Auckland.
  Terrace Houses, 25-29 Symonds St, c.1897, private dwelling built by John Endean.
  Aickin House, 39 Symonds St, 1920s neo-Georgian house.
  New Zealand Wars memorial, corner Symonds St and Wakefield St, 1920, memorial to those who fought on the British side in the 19th century wars.
  Cintra Flats, 9-13 Whitaker Place, 1936, apartment complex.
  Rationalist House, 64 Symonds St, purchased in 1960 by the Rationalist Association as a base and library.
  Doctors Residences, 84-86 Symonds St, 1935-1937, residences of two doctors designed by the same architect.
  Plummer House, 5 City Road, 1909, residence of hat manufacturer and musician Charles Plummer.
  Bus Shelter and Toilets, corner Symonds St and Grafton Bridge, 1910, bus shelter and public toilets.
  Symonds Street Cemetery, 120 Symonds St, 1841, one of Auckland's oldest cemeteries.
  Grafton Bridge, 1910, largest single-span of reinforced concrete in the world at the time of construction.
  St Benedict's Church, 1 St Benedicts St, 1888, Gothic church building, possibly the largest in New Zealand at the time of construction.
  Stables, 32 St Benedicts St, 1883, originally part of a larger complex hosting at least 30 Clydesdale horses.
  Upper Symonds Street Historic Area, an area covering Symonds Street south of the Southern Motorway, and adjacent parts of Kyhber Pass Road, Newton Road, Mt Eden Road and New North Road.
caption: Rationalist House
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