Location 88
Dwelling #88
Map 5

Address
North Road

Area


Description

Dwelling #88. North Road, north side.


Still Standing

No



Construction Details

Timber framed, galvanised corrugated iron cladding, lean-to of pug

Location Type

Dwelling


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Interested Parties

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Group Date Description
1 c1875-1904 Archibald McGregor Details
2 1904-1926 Mrs Susanhah Graham Details
3 1913-1915 Robert Robertson Details
4 c1920-1956 James Brown Graham Details
5 1956-1973 James Lewis Hodson Details
6 1973-1996 Borge Hansen Details

Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
1307 It is not clear when Mr McGregor and family moved from Pipeclay Gully to Doctors Flat and to dwelling #88. It is not clear when Mr McGregor and family moved from Pipeclay Gully to Doctors Flat and to dwelling #88.
1313 1904 Mr Archibald McGregor moved to Invercargill and sold dwelling #88 to Susannah Graham. Mr Archibald McGregor moved to Invercargill and sold dwelling #88 to Susannah Graham.
1318 1904 Mrs Susannah Graham moved to dwelling #88. Mrs Susannah Graham moved from Shepherds Creek (ex Chinese hut - may have been near dwelling #245) to dwelling #88 which she purchased from Mr Archibald McGregor.
1319 c1920s Mrs Graham's son, James Brown Graham came to live with his mother. Mrs Graham's son, James Brown Graham came to live with his mother. (It is possible that he always lived with his mother)
1321 1913 Robert and Lucy Robertson may have lived in dwelling #88. On March 22 1913, Robert Robertson married Lucy Margaret Graham, daughter of Mrs Susannah Graham. It is possible that the couple lived with Mrs Graham in dwelling #88.
1323 c1920 James Graham came to live with his mother Mrs Susannah Graham. James Graham came to live in dwelling #88 with his mother Mrs Susannah Graham. He added two rooms of pug onto the dwelling.
1324 1926 After Susannah's death in 1926, James continued to live in dwelling #88 After Susannah's death in 1926, James continued to live in dwelling #88. The poplar trees that bound the section of State highway No6, Cemetery corner to the mouth of the Kawarau Gorge - Cromwell Flats were planted by Mr Graham and Mr Isles (dwelling #13). They were cuttings taken from a stand of poplars near dwelling #5, transplanted by a dray owned by ted Lawrence.
1328 1956 Dwelling #88 purchased by James Lewis Hodson (Jim) Mr Hodson brought the property in 1956. He had planted the area in apricot trees as an extension to his existing orchard further along the road.
1329 1973 Mr Hansen purchased dwelling #88 When Mr Hansen purchased the property in August 1973, the only part remaining from dwelling #88 was the coal range. He removed the apricot trees planted by Mr Hodson and replaced them with a selection of trees and shrubs. The family uses the property as their summer retreat from Invercargill.

Images

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Image Id Source Date Short Description
11 Mary Stewart c1900 Dwelling #88 View Image
1060 R Allen - Dunedin c 1907 Lower Pipeclay Gully - looking north east from below Ray's Dam, Hall Road View Image