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The Club Hotel in Opunake (cnr Tasman and Havelock Street) was built in 1914 for Mr A.E.Brunette. The architect was Mr J.A.Duffill and the contractor was Mr E.W.Good. The electric lighting was installed by Mr W.B.Carrick of Hawera. (for a description of the building see attached web link 'New Club Hotel')
The new hotel replaced Middleton's Hotel, which burnt down in "The Great Fire" fire of 1913. The fire was thought to have started in the hotel laundry and quickly spread to neighbouring buildings. Many shops and business premises at the northern end of town
2019 View: By Hamish Crimp
This building was constructed about 1940 as the Waitara Police Station - It served this purpose until the 1980s when the property was sold.
This property was purchased by the Police Department from W. Wilkes in December 1910; at the time of purchase there was a large villa residence on the property which was retained.
During 1911 alterations were made to the villa residence, with a new lock-up (now
2019 View: By Hamish Crimp
The exact construction date of this house is unclear, although it was in existence on this site by at least 1895, with the house present in a photograph taken that year (Puke Ariki C.3.11).
The house has been substantially modified, with the exterior now plastered, the veranda enclosed, and original windows replaced with aluminium.
See: CT TN2/41
2019 View: By Hamish Crimp
This single-lane reinforced concrete bridge was erected during 1911 for the Taranaki County Council on the main road south between New Plymouth and Inglewood.
Tenders for construction of the bridge were initially advertised during January 1911 by engineers Orbell & Mackay, however, as only one tender, being very much in excess of the engineer's estimate, was received, it was decided to call for fresh tenders the following month.
The
This single storey brick building was erected in 1923 by the firm Hobbs & Baker. The Hawera & Normanby Star reported (30 October 1922) on a general meeting of the Egmont A & P Assn. where it was decided not to engage the architects Duffill & Gibson, but instead to accept the tender (£1797) of Messrs Hobbs & Baker for the construction of the building.
In 1994 the building was demolished to make way for a supermarket. However the
