1/75 Carrington Street. Hamish Crimp (2017).
1/75 Carrington Street. Hamish Crimp (2017).
This large villa may have been constructed for Fred Asher around 1897. He is first listed as living in Vogeltown in the 1898-99 edition of the Wises Street Directory, with later editions confirming this location on Carrington Street (then called Victoria Road).
Fred Asher was an accountant with the firm Burgess, Fraser & Co. He and his family moved to Auckland in 1920, and he died suddenly in March 1930.
The design of the villa may indicate that Frank Messenger was the architect.
Related items:
Taranaki DP2012 Sheet 1 (1903), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP6087 Sheet 1 (1943), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki (Lot 2) DP8164 Sheet 1 (1957), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Auction of Household Goods and Effects (Taranaki Herald 6 April 1920)
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