[1] Of these, William Swanson Read Bloomfield, based on Shortland Street, was one of the original directors of the Hotel Titirangi Ltd company.

He was born in Gisborne and is considered to be the first qualified New Zealand architect of Maori descent, having trained in England, Europe and at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

[4] The initial company prospectus describes the significance of the location, noting that "all roads converge at this point, consequently a large volume of holiday and week-end traffic, as well as a smaller stream during the week, must all pass right by the Hotel on its way to the beaches, Atkinson Park, Huia, Cornwallis, Laingholm, Exhibition Drive, Kaurilands and Mt Atkinson.

"[8] Early reports described the addition of a hotel as making "Titirangi the equivalent to Auckland of what the Blue Mountains are to Sydney, with the advantage that one resort is half-an-hour's run from the city and [the] other 100 miles.

[10] Hotel Titirangi was officially opened on the afternoon of 20 November 1930 by former Prime Minister and then Kaipara MP, Gordon Coates, followed by an invitation-only evening ball.

[4][13] In December 1934, Miss Sheila MacDonald, daughter of the British Prime Minister, was entertained by Auckland Branch of the Federation of University Women at the hotel.

[14] In July 1939, the then owner-occupier of the hotel, Leonard James Shrubsall (Mr Finlay) was charged and fined for deliberately selling alcohol without a license in a no-license area, and a large quantity of liquor was confiscated.

[16] It was established as a country club for members, who were allowed to introduce guests that could use amenities such as tennis courts, a ping pong table etc., and it was proposed that, as a dwelling for Mr Hunter and his family, it is exempt from licensing regulations that would apply to a restaurant or public dance hall, but a police raid and subsequent case in 1941 proved otherwise.

[22] In 1947, a small post office was built beside Lopdell House, on the corner of Titirangi and South Titrangi Roads, and it was locally known as the '"root'n toot'n show" due to just being two worker's huts.

One course aimed to instruct up to 35 teachers to play simple melodies on a range of instruments in as little as two days, which was described in a Southland News report as a “mild revolution” in music pedagogy.

They managed the building until the start of a major redevelopment in 2012 and sublet other spaces to other organisations including McCahon House and Upstairs Art Gallery.

As part of the building's refurbishment, the exterior paint was returned to its original white, having been khaki green for a period and also salmon pink.