Location 107
Location #107 - the Weatherboard Post Office
Map 5
Address
Bannockburn-Nevis Road

Area


Description

Location #107 - the Weatherboard Post Office. Bannockburn-Nevis Road, west side.


Still Standing

Yes



Construction Details

Timber framed with weatherboards. Later the weatherboards were partly replaced with corrugated iron.

Location Type

Dwelling
Commercial Building
Public Building


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Interested Parties

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Group Date Description
1 - 1901 John St Vincent Jaxon Details
2 1901 - 1979 Post Office Details
3 1979 - 1997 Department of Conservation Details
Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
1639 pre 1900 The origin of location #107 may be much older than 1900. The origin of location #107 may be much older than 1900. It appears from later research that the hut is made up of two different dwellings. One hut is constructed of pit-sawn timber and has wallpaper of the Otago Daily Witness dated 16 July 1886. The other hut appears to be made with machined timber. (1900?). The only photos of the dwelling show it as the same size at the back of the section and at the front of the section (location #343). The building is now at the back of the section again (location #496).
1640 c1901 Mr Jaxon sold his property to the Post Office. Mr Jaxon sold his property to the Post Office.
1641 1902 Location #107 modified and became location #343. Location #107 was moved from the rear of the section to the road frontage and modified to become the "1902 Post Office" - now location #343. This work was carried out by a carpenter by the name of Mr R H Baker, who was the brother of Mrs James Lawrence (Ada Baker).
1643 1901 General Notes The Post Office was transferred from a room in the Bannockburn Hotel to the ex Jaxon hut. The first Post Mistress to work in this building was Miss Laura Parsons.
1644 1902 General Notes The New Zealand Gazette of 1902 shows that on 1 Sep 1902, Miss Margaret Anderson was the post Mistress and Telephonist for Bannockburn.
1645 1905 General Notes Bannockburn received daily mail from Cromwell.
1646 1908 General Notes The Post Office was upgraded to a money order office.
1647 1910 General Notes On 14 Jan 1910 a telephone bureau was opened in the Post Office. The telephone had been in Bannockburn since 1883, installed in the Bannockburn Hotel.
1648 1911 General Notes Location #107 was shifted back to the rear of the section where it was used as a laundry and coal house for the new stone Post Office.
1642 1979 The Post Office coal and wash house was taken over by the Department of Conservation at this time and has remained empty ever since. The Post Office coal and wash house was taken over by the Department of Conservation at this time and has remained empty ever since.
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Image Id Source Date Short Description
309 Paul Crump 1998 Dwelling #107 - looking south west. View Image
482 Miss A Parcell Collection 1899 Bannockburn Township - Bannockburn-Nevis Road. View Image
483 Miss A Parcell Collection c1912 Bannockburn Post and Telephone Office. View Image
1855 DOC - Heritage Assessment, 2011 14 Oct 1905 Bannockburn Post Office - 1902-1911 (location #107) View Image