This villa was likely constructed between 1902 and 1905. For many years it was the home of James Albert Bishop and his family.
On 31 May 1902, the Taranaki Herald reported that Messrs Callaghan and Co had sold sections 146, 147 and 148 of Fitzroy West to Thomas Rowe, and it seems he later on-sold the sections to James Bishop.
It's currently unknown exactly when James Bishop purchased the sections, or if the house was already constructed. However, it is known that Bishop sold his farm on Upland Road in mid-1904, and first appears as living in Fitzroy in the 1906 edition of Wises Street Directory.
A 1907-08 Fitzroy Town Board rating roll notes Bishop as the ratepayer for sections 142, 144, 146, 148, 150 & 152 of Fitzroy - the rateable value of the property at this time was £412.
Bishop and his family probably lived in the house until about 1927, when he had a new bungalow constructed next door at 37 Newton Street.
Related items:
Fitzroy Suburban Sections (Part) 91 & 93, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 Page 514. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki (Lot 148) DP1831 Sheet 1 (1902), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki (Lot 2) DP5399 Sheet 1 (1933), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Suburban Extension: The Fitzroy West Property (Taranaki Herald 2 May 1902)
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