This two-storey timber residence was built in 1902 for the New Plymouth businessman, Mr C.T. Mills. A permit was issued on 4 April 1902 for a house to be built on town section 777, located on the east-side of upper Brougham Street. Part of the section (Town section 777) was subdivided off to provide extra space for New Plymouth's first bowling green - see image above and Taranaki Land Deed Index I13 page 292.
The estimated cost was £800, and the architect was Frank Messenger.
It was demolished about 1964 and replaced by the "Brougham Court Apartments".
Town Section 777, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 page 183 and I13 page 292.
Taranaki DP1754 Sheet 1 Town sections 777, 778 & 779 (1902), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP7825 Sheet 1 Subdivision of sections 777 & 778 (1955), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Related documents:
8-Unit Block Planned (Taranaki Herald 22 April 1964)
Brougham Court Apartments Advertisement (Taranaki Herald 19 June 1965)
New design in living (Taranaki Herald 19 June 1965)
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