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A brief location list with names of Establishments with managers and/or owners, S-W. If anyone knows of these people and/or have photographs of the buildings please email Kete Rotorua
| Information for this list came from National Newspapers, Don Stafford's Research Notes, Wises Post Office Guides, Electoral Rolls and Bay of Plenty Phone Books. | ||||||
| Name of Establishment | Era Built | Manager/ Owner | Era of Occupation | Location | Demolished / Renamed | Site as at 2015 |
| Sandringham | c1905 | Miss Eleanor Louisa Seabury | 1905-1919 | 59 Haupapa Street |
Destroyed by fire 1964, see Lynwood Guest House |
Red Spot Gallery ; |
| Sonoma Private Hotel | c1904 | Mrs Kate Young | c1904-1908 | 68 Pukuatua Street | Sonoma Flats c1940- becomes Shops c1976 Toy & Nursery Warehouse | United Video ; now closed 2016 |
| Mrs H.J.P. Heley | c1905-1908 | |||||
| Mrs Blencowe | c1907-1911 | |||||
| Mary J. Ellis | 1912 | |||||
| Mrs Julia Burns | 1913 | |||||
| Albert M. & Mary E. Moore | 1913-1917 | |||||
| Mrs Jamieson | 1917 | |||||
| Mrs Gladys Sommer | 1919-1920 | |||||
| J. J. Bennett | 1923 | |||||
| Mrs Louisa McDermott | 1927 | |||||
| Mrs Mary L. Garlick | 1930-1936, 1940s | |||||
| Dalziel & Elgie (Proprietresses) | 1936 | |||||
| South Pacific Luxury Flats Motel | c1963 | H. Hewitt | 1963- | 94-98 Lake Road | Demolished 2005 | Bella Vista Motel c2006- (on half of section ) |
| St Anne's Guest House | c1930 | Mrs Annie D. Bridge | c1930-c1943 | 50 Haupapa Street | Unknown | |
| St Elmo Guest House | c1907 | Mrs J. J. McIntosh | 1907-1911 | 14 Hinemoa Street | Demolished 1979, becomes Retail & Office Building | Food Equipment (NZ Ltd) |
| Mrs Jessie Kelly | 1924-1938 | |||||
| Mrs Olvy E. Campbell | 1939-1943 | |||||
| Mrs C. M. Richards | 1946-1947 | |||||
| Mrs Mary Yerex | 1950-1952 | |||||
| Richard & Beatrice Shutte | 1955-1956 | |||||
| State Forestry Accomodation | c1942 | 1942-1964 | 63 & 65 Amohau Street | |||
| Station Guest House | c1953 | Mrs Evelyn Leemon | 1953-1955 | 75 Amohau Street | Demolished c1971 | Hertz Rentals |
| Mr John Wallace | c1963- | |||||
| Mrs M. Richmond | 1967 | |||||
| Surrey House | c1923 | Mrs Lily J. Devin | 1923-1937 | Haupapa Street, opposite Blue Room Cafe | Fire 1937 | Carpark for Lakes Prime Care |
| Sydney Cottage | Not Known | Mrs Ida Davidson | 1940- | Glenhaven, 1946 | Boulevard c1962- | |
| Tainui | was Commonwealth | Letitia Mitton | 1946-1961 | 84 Hinemoa Street | c1962 State Insurance Building 1964- | Quest Apartments |
| Kenneth & Winifred Usmar | 1947 | |||||
| Dorothy (Dolly) Wilkins | 1954- | |||||
| Tarawera House | c1891 | Mr Thomas J. Robinson | c1891-1896 | SE cnr Tutanekai & Pukaki Streets | Windsor House from 1898, Rotorua House c1907, St James Theatre then Odeon Theatre 1966-1993; Lake City Church 1993- | Destiny Church |
| Mr & Mrs C. Willmott | 1896-1898 | |||||
| Terrace House | c1892 | Mr & Mrs W. Seddon | Unknown | |||
| Thirwell House | 1901 | Mr William A. Williams | 1901-1907 | SE Cnr Tutanekai & Eruera Streets | Demolished c1955 becomes Jaffe's Building | Shops street level, Bibleworld Museum, 1st Floor |
| Mr Louis Woolliams | 1909-1915 | |||||
| Mr Henry A. Pearce | 1910-1912 | |||||
| Mr Edward Kennedy | 1913 | |||||
| Mrs P. B. Giles | 1915 | |||||
| Mrs T. P. Dowling | c1916-1938 | |||||
| Mrs Lilian J. Clune | 1938 | |||||
| Mrs C. Henderson | c1940- | |||||
| Travelodge | see Rotorua Travelodge | 6 Eruera Street | ||||
| Travellers Motel | c1968 | Mr Ralph Aickin | 1968- | 13 Fenton Street | Travellers Motor Lodge | |
| Neville & Audrey Foreman | c1978 | |||||
| John & Julie Bussell | c1981-84 | |||||
| Tremayne Guest House | c1910 | Unknown | Poss. 5 Pukuatua Street nxt to Park View Private Hotel | Denbies c1930- | Police Station | |
| Waihi House | c1906 | Mrs Timihau Mau | 1906-1916 | Fenton Street | ||
| Waiwera House/ Hotel | c1903 | Miss Isabella Graham | 1903-1904 | 17 Tutanekai Street | demolished c1968 ; Durrants Supervalue ; Woolworths Supermarket to c1993 | Novotel |
| Mr John Falloona | 1905-1930 | |||||
| Mr Frederick Chambers | 1928-1938 | |||||
| Mr John A. Mitchell | 1940-1953 | |||||
| Gibson | 1953-1954 | |||||
| William M. Darroch | 1955 | |||||
| Jean R. & Thomas H. Brett | 1963-1968 | |||||
| Wallace Bank Guest House | Unknown | Mr William H. Burnett | 1946-1954 | 17 Amohia Street | demolished c1974 | poss St Lukes |
| Waverley Hotel/House | c1917 | W. Ross | 1917 | Tutanekai Street, Opposite The Empire | possibly pre 1945 | 3 Shops at # 1294-1298 Tutanekai Street |
| Mrs Isabella Dwyer | 1917-1918 | |||||
| Ernest Cory | 1920-1923 | |||||
| Wentworth Guest or Boarding House | J. Lowe | 1946-1947 | 97 Hinemoa Street | Unknown | ||
| Mrs Dorothy Roy | 1950 | |||||
| Mrs N. Jarvis | 1955 | |||||
| Whanaungatanga Maori Apprentices Hostel | c1955 | Mr Bruce Clark Adam | 1957-1968 | 4 Ranolf Street | ||
| Windsor House | c1898 | Kate Young | c1900 | Tutanekai Street | was Tarawera House | poss Novotel |
| William H. Windsor | 1900-1902 | |||||
| H. Burgess | 1912-1913 | |||||
| Winnipeg House | c1935 | Mr Robinson | c1935 | Whakaue Street | Unknown | |
| Wonderland Private Hotel | c1909 | Mrs J. R. McFarlane | c1910 | Amohau Street | Unknown | |
