Plans of Inver'gill [Invercargill] Buildings 1886 (Burwell) , 1886

Item — drawer: West 1 c

Identifier: S00890109

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Plans of Inver'gill [Invercargill] Buildings 1886 (Burwell)

Scope and Contents

Block plans of Invercargill by architect Frederick William Burwell. Featuring the name and occupation of many of the owners or occupiers.

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Dates

1886

Biographical / Historical

Frederick William Burwell was born in Scotland in 1846. He came to New Zealand and was working as an architect in Queenstown by 1873, before moving to Invercargill in 1874.

He was prolific during the boom of the 1870s and 1880s, designing Renaissance style buildings that helped shape a grand business district. He is repsonsible for much of the Crescent and Dee Street, including the former Bank of New Zealand, the former Briscoe and Company... Building, the former White Swan Hotel, the old Hospital, and St Paul's Presbyterian Church.

In 1880 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He left Invercargill in 1887 and spent time in Melbourne, Perth and Freemantle. He died in Melbourne in 1915. See more

Extent

From the Series: 120 maps/plans (Boxes 3, 12 and 18, Map-boxes 1- 4, 6 and 11, Drawer: West 6 d, 5 e and 1c, Frame 3: East Wall, Digital Archive)

Language of Materials

English

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Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Copy of images available in the Library's Local Collection [LC 711.5522 PLA]

Sources

'City of Magnificent Edifices' by Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, New Zealand Historic Places, July 1995, p5-7.
Reference: Res NEW
'Southern people : a dictionary of Otago Southland biography' by Jane Thompson
Reference: LC 920.02 SOU

Content Note

Block No. LII: Area within Forth, Doon, Tay and Jed Streets. Includes: Stacey; Mrs Watson; T Trumble; Mrs McIvor; C H Howorth; R D Yule; Mrs Bain; A Little, Wm Lewis; Farmer's Arms Hotel; H Jagger.

Block No. XIII: Area within Forth, Jed, Tay and Conon Streets. Includes: Southland High schools; J Michie, carpenter; A Hay; Dr Grigor; Mentiplay; First Presbyterian Church; Presbyterian Manse; G Froggatt, butcher; Oddfellows' Hall; John Thomson; W Lockhart; Mrs Walsh, fruiterer.

Block No. XII: Area within Forth, Conon, Tay and Nith Streets. Includes: Masonic Hall; T Fleming; Chas Rout; F W Wade; H Feldwick; G Lumsden; W Brown, blacksmith; G Ott; Wm Craig & Co, printers; Royal Hotel; Forester's Hotel.

Block No. LXXV: Area within Wood, Nith, Tay and Clyde Streets. Includes: J Stewart; J Manson, ironmongers; Thomson & Beattie, drapers; Union Bank of Australasia; Bank of New Zealand.

Block No. LXXVI: Area within Liddel, Wood, Clyde Streets and The Crescent. Includes: Whittingham Bros & Instone, general merchants; National Bank of NZ; Carswell, White & Co; Crescent Hotel; NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency; National Mortgage & Agency; Union Steam Shipping CO; J G Ward, grain merchants.

Block No. LXXII: Area within Dee, Spey, Leven and Leet Streets. Includes: Hibernian Hotel; S Rabbidge, Draper; G Saunders, Butcher; Singer Sewing Machine Co; J S Goldie, Draper, T McGill, Draper; D Roche, shop and store; Hanan's Hall; R G Spiers, Plumber & tinsmith; A Raeside, pastrycook; Cotton & Dixon, painters; White Swan Hotel; London Lolly Shop; J W Mepsted, draper; T McCarthy, pawnbroker; J Kirman, bootmaker; Mrs Webster, fruiterer; American Dye Works; W Murdoch, bootmaker; Carrier's Arms Hotel; J W Bain; Reid & Gray, implement makers; Hateley & Scott, offices; Cowper & Wilson; Mrs Roger's School; I Sangster, blacksmith.

Block No. LXXIII: Area within Dee, Leet, Leven and Gala Streets. Includes: A Dunlop, Blacksmith; St Paul's Church; Huffadine & Sons, Wheelwrights; John Hill's Union Hotel.

Block No. LIII: Area within Tay, Doon, Esk and Jed Streets. Includes: D Smyth & Co, grocers; R McLeod; T Kingsland; Miss Cochrane.

Block No. XI: Area within Tay, Jed, Esk and Deveron Streets. Includes: – J Erksine, provisions merchant; Murdoch Bros, aerated water manufacturers; J Thomson, storekeeper; Empire Hotel; A & W Brandford, grocers; Wm Hay; H Carron, bootmakers; D McFarlane; D Strang; T Middleton; Fernley Cottages; J Black; Mrs Sycamore, dressmaker.

Block No. III: Area within Tay, Deveron, Esk and Kelvin Streets. Includes: Price & Bulleid, drapers & clothiers; W C Wilkins, ironmonger; Friendly Societies Dispensary; Mrs N T Pearse, milliner; A Hay, grocer; Deiley & Moir, cabinet makers; D Ross, photographer; W Brown, bootmaker; W Farnie, painter; Immigration Barracks; McMaster's Family Hotel; Dunedin Furniture Factory; Anglican Church; Rev H Stocker; G Saunder's butcher shop; C Packe; Mrs McMeikan; Mrs Crawford, boarding house; J H Kyte, fancy goods; Booth, Macdonald & Co, iron founders; A Lindsay, agent; Mrs Bellamy.

Block No. II: Area within Tay, Kelvin, Esk and Dee Streets. Includes: Bank of New South Wales; Bank of Australasia; A Watson, ironmonger; Leckie & Co, butchers; London Hotel; J Stock & Co, merchants; Geo Bailey, chemist and druggist; W P Hart, photographer; Geo Bailey, agent; Herbert Haynes & Co, drapers & clothiers; F H Whitmore, bookseller; Law Courts; Fairweather, bootmakers; Supreme Hotel; J Rogers, stationer; Macpherson & Co, merchants; Police Barracks; Wm Todd, auctioneers; Bin Harris & Co, sample rooms; R Jones, solicitor; South British Insurance Co; Southland Building Society; Brown Ewing & Co, sample rooms; G E Tucker, agent; Macdonald & Russell, solicitors; Southland Times Company; A Aldridge, tailor; South NZ Finance Co; NZ Insurance Co; Wm Lewis & Co, drapers & clothiers; A Sutherland, tobacconist; J Kingsland & Sons, bootmakers; W S Moir, stationers.

Block No. IX: Area within Esk, Kelvin, Don and Dee Streets: Includes: W H Hall & Co, ironmongers; Australian Mutual Provident Society; Jas Harvey, solicitor; Deschler's Family Hotel; Finn & Rattray, solicitors; Municipal Offices; J T Martin; H Jagger; A Muir; I Rodgers & Co, Booksellers, stationers, fancy goods; Imperial Hotel; J Hatch, chemist & druggist; Wm Organ & Co, butchers; Matheson & Co, grocers.

Block No. LXXI: Area within Don, Kelvin, Spey and Dee Streets. Includes: Strang & Gilchrist, painters; Criterion Hotel; D L Matheson; Fire Brigade Station; Carpenter's Shop; Mrs Webster; J Knight; Black Eagle Brewery; J T Martin; Shamrock Hotel; T McChesney, grocer; Wm Newson, bootmaker; Mrs Holmes, dressmaker and fruiterer; I De Beer, pawnbroker; C Coggins, saddler; Osborne & Baker, agents; J bridge's Princess Hotel; Billiard Rooms.

Block No. LXX: Area within Spey, Kelvin, Yarrow and Dee Streets. Includes: J S Baxter, grocer; W S Waterston, shipping agent; R Nash, sign writer; S J Cooper; F H Thompson; W H Hall; A Kerr; J F Collins; J Bath, coach builder; J Affleck; E B Jones, chemist; Inglis Temperance Hotel; W Lock, baker; T Millar, tailor; W Guthrie & Co, implement sheds.

Block No. LXIX: Area within Yarrow, Dee, Leet and Kelvin Streets. Includes: Anderson & Findlay, wheelwrights; C Tapper; F W Burnett; R Cockerell & Sons, implement makers; W J Harvey, blacksmith; Rennie; Mrs McGuire; Rev. D Gordon, Presbyterian manse; R G Peter; W G Fox; Mrs Leckie; J Moore; H Carswell; H Wilson; American Dye Works; Thomas, fruiterer; Mrs Manson, fancygoods; Mrs Masters, fruiterer.

Block No. LXVIII: Area within Leet, Dee, Gala and Kelvin Streets. Includes: F Hewitt; North Star Hotel; Wesleyan Church & Sunday School; W Mathieson; Wm Craig; Mrs Thomson, boarding house; Geo. McCarter; D Roche; Mrs McPherson; J Turnbull; R G Speirs; C B Coggins; Dr J S Hanan; R Tapper; T Bryant, coach painter; Thos Chambers, blindmaker.