This apartment block on St Aubyn Street was built in several stages in the late 1930s and 1940s.
A series of building permits were issued to A.O. (Albert Oscar) Brown for the construction of flats on old town sections 603 and 604. The first was in March 1935 with others later dated 1940 and 1941 and finally one in February 1946 for £2,800. Albert Brown, a carpenter, also built the flats.
It is thought the west side of the building was built first (1938) and the east side in 1941. Further work was also carried out in 1946-47. The name Clarendon Flats first appears in the Wises Directory in 1944.
The name for the flats probably came from an earlier building on the site. In December 1875 "Clarendon House" opened on the site and operated for a number of years.
Related items:
Town Section 603, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 page 412. (Archives New Zealand)
Town Section (Part) 603, Taranaki Land Deed Index I5 page 486. (Archives New Zealand)
Town Section (Part) 603 and 604, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 page 103. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki DP3960 Sheet 1 (1920), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ
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