This section was purchased by W. W. Thomson in 1903, and it's thought this cottage may have been constructed soon after as a rental property. It is the sole survivor of four identical cottages. 

The house was sold to railway employee James Keating in June 1917.

Related items:

Town Belt A, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 page 556. (Archives New Zealand)

Town Belt (part) A, Taranaki Land Deed Index I14 Page 880. (Archives New Zealand)

Town Belt (part) A, Taranaki Land Deed Index I14 Page 847. (Archives New Zealand)

Town Belt (part) A, Taranaki Land Deed Index I11 Page 89. (Archives New Zealand)

Taranaki (Lot 9) DEED43 Sheet 1 (1927), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ) 

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