This building facing Powderham Street was built at the same time as the Salvation Army Citadel and both were opened on 4 June 1927 and served as the headquarters of the Salvation Army in New Plymouth until 1977.
On 11 March 1927 a permit was issued to the Salvation Army to erect this building at a cost of £4,200. The builder was Boon Bros. Ltd.
The architects were noted Wellington architecture partnership Gray, Young, Morton. The total cost of the land and building was £4,886.
This part of the building contained an office, as well as space for boys' and girls' Bible classes.
In the mid 1980s it was converted to a late-night café - the Citadel Café. In 1996 it was turned into a rugby themed pub called the "Ruck 'n' Maul". In 2007 the fashion and furniture business "Et Vous" opened in the building.
In 2014 the building was again transformed into a restaurant, "The Social Kitchen", opening on 8 December.
Related items:
Town section 682, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 Page 64 and I5 page 20. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki (Lot 2) DP1156 Sheet 1 (1898), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP7502 Sheet 1 (1952), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Salvation Army Citadel Entry, Chris Cochran, New Plymouth CBD Heritage Inventory (1995).
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