The Red Cross building was located at 134 Devon Street West, next door to the Regent Buildings. The site was purchased in 1944, but this building wasn't officially opened by Mr E Gibbard until 31 August 1963. It was built by Roebuck Construction Ltd. at a cost of £22,000.
It was demolished, along with the Regent Buildings, in April 2013 to clear the site for the Len Lye Centre.
Related items:
Town Section (Part) 641, Taranaki Land Deed Index I4 page 170 and I3 page 575. (Archives New Zealand)
New Building Going Up (New Plymouth Photo News #87 6 July 1963)
New Building for the Red Cross (Taranaki Herald 30 August 1963)
Red Cross Aloft (Daily News 31 August 1963)
Out with the old (Taranaki Daily News 3 May 2013)
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