 Registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust in 2003, the building was demolished in June 2011 following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.The Lyttelton Borough Council was inaugurated in 1868 as a successor to the 1862 Lyttelton municipal council.In February 1886, a committee of borough councillors agreed to have outlined plans drawn up for a purpose-built civic office for the local administration.