Location 85
Dwelling #85
Map 5
Address
Nevis Street

Area


Description

Dwelling #85. Nevis Street - west side.


Still Standing

Yes



Construction Details

Timber framed, corrugated iron clad, one roomed hut. (This hut was built as dwelling #83 then shifted to become dwelling #85)

Location Type

Dwelling


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Interested Parties

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Group Date Description
1 c1930s James Duncan Stewart and James Malcolm McLeod Details
2 late 1930s Benjamin William Burrows Details
3 c1943 - c1953 William John Sweetingham Details
4 Bannockburn Rabbit Board - various employees Details
5 1960 - 1985 Reginald Bagley Details
6 1985 - 1995 Bruce Donaldson Details
7 1996 Robert Henderson Details
8 1996 - 1998 Garth Ritchie Details
Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
1262 c1930s Ben Burrows moved into dwelling #85 in the late 1930's and lived here up until his death in 1943. Ben Burrows moved into dwelling #85 in the late 1930's and lived here up until his death in 1943.
1264 c1943 Bill Sweetingham moved into dwelling #85. Bill Sweetingham moved from dwelling #66 to dwelling #85. He remained here until his death in 1953.
1266 Dwelling #85 purchased by the Bannockburn Rabbit Board The Rabbit Board purchased the land on which dwellings #85 and #86 are positioned. Various Rabbit Board employees lived in dwelling #85.
1267 1960 MR J D Stewart purchased the land on which dwellings #85 and #86 were positioned. MR J D Stewart purchased the land on which dwellings #85 and #86 were positioned. He did not live in either dwelling, but they were rented by Stewart family friends, Mr and Mrs Bagley.
1268 1960 The Bagley's rented dwellings #85 and #86 from Mr J D Stewart. The Bagley's rented dwellings #85 and #86 from Mr J D Stewart. The Bagley's were family friends who lived in Dunedin and enjoyed staying in Bannockburn for holidays and bowls tournaments. Dwelling #85 was used as a spare bedroom and storage shed, while dwelling #986 was used to live in.
1269 1962 The Bagley's purchase dwellings #85 and #86. The land on which dwellings #85 and #86 were positioned was purchased by the Bagleys. Dwelling #85 remained unchanged but dwelling #86 was extended and renovated.
1270 1985 Mr G R Stewart purchased the land on which dwellings #85 and #86 were positioned. Mr Bagley died in 1985, and Mr G R Stewart purchased the land on which dwellings #85 and #86 were positioned.
1271 1985 The Donaldsons rented dwellings #85 and #86 from Mr G R Stewart. Mr Bruce Donaldson rented dwellings #85 and #86 from Mr G R Stewart. Some time later he married Joan and they lived in dwelling #86 while dwelling #85 was used for general storage. Bruce worked for Butsons Earthmoving of Queenstown and came from Twizel to work on he Clyde Power project.
1273 1996 The Hendersons rented dwellings #85 and #86 while their new house was being built. Mr & Mrs Henderson had sold their house and orchard (location #13) and were waiting for their new house in Quartzville to be built. They rented dwellings #85 and #86 from Mr G R Stewart during this time, living in dwelling #86 and using dwelling #85 for storage. The new house was completed within three months and they shifted into it.
1274 1996 Mr Garth Ritchie rents dwellings #85 and #86, Mr Ritchie moved from dwelling #109 and rented the two dwellings from Mr G R Stewart. He lives in dwelling #86.
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Image Id Source Date Short Description
320 Paul Crump 1998 Dwelling #85 - looking south west. View Image
1879 Ron Murray collection c1960 The Stone Store - location #87. Looking west. View Image