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2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
The 1907-08 Fitzroy Town Board rating roll lists Raymond Smith as the owner of Lots 28a, 30a, 32a & 34a - the sections are all thought to be vacant at this time, and had a combined rateable value of £135.
Raymond Smith soon sold lots 28a, 30a & 32a to well-known New Plymouth builder George W. Hartnell, who constructed three villas on the property - only number 15 survives, with those at numbers
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
This villa residence was probably constructed by local builder Leslie Thompson Steele as an investment property during the early-mid 1900s.
A Fitzroy Town Board rating roll for 1907-08 lists Leslie's wife, Margaret, as the ratepayer for Lots 153, 158 & 159 of Fitzroy Subdivision - a rateable value of £1189 likely indicates that the present villas at number 52 (Lots 158 & 159) & number 48 (Lot 153) Record Street were constructed by
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
This corner bay villa was probably constructed by local builder Leslie Thompson Steele as an investment property during the early-mid 1900s. It appears the house was rented for the early period of its history.
A Fitzroy Town Board rating roll for 1907-08 lists Leslie's wife, Margaret, as the ratepayer for Lots 153, 158 & 159 of Fitzroy Subdivision - a rateable value of £1189 likely indicates that the present villas at number 52
2017 View: By Hamish Crimp
This villa residence was probably constructed in the early-mid 1900s for Stratford farmer Stephen Rye - Leslie Thompson Steele may have been the builder. It appears the house was rented for the early period of its history.
A Fitzroy Town Board rating roll for 1907-08 lists Rye as the ratepayer for Lots 154 & 155 of Fitzroy Subdivision - a rateable value of £457 probably indicates a house was present on the section.
2018 View: By Hamish Crimp
This hall was constructed in 1943 after an intense fundraising effort. The total construction cost was just over £1000, with most of the cost except for a £200 government subsidy raised by the school committee and the home and school association.
On the 17th of July 1943, shortly after completion of the hall, Mr James Garcia, who had been a member of the committee and also chairman of
