At the time this building was erected 'The Kash Menswear' was owned by J. J. Lomas. It was designed in 1925 by well-known New Plymouth architect, Thomas H. Bates. A building permit was issued to Lomas on 31 March 1925 by the Borough Council for (part) Town Section 909, Boon Bros. were the contactors and the expected cost was £3,290.
Taking about six months to finish, the building was completed in December 1925 and was described in some detail by the Taranaki Daily News on 3 December 1925.
Bates also designed Lomas' Upper Brougham Street house in 1924.
Related items:
Town Section 909, Taranaki Land Deed Index I3 Page 38 and I3 Page 446. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki (Lot 3) DP3234 Sheet 1 (1913), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
'Devon House' on the Devon Street site of The Kash (1872), (Taranaki Herald 12 October 1968)
Town Improvements: The Kash (Taranaki Herald 20 July 1910)
The Kash Celebrates 50 Years (Taranaki Herald 12 October 1968)
The Kash is 50 years old (Daily News 14 October 1968)
Artefact of the week (Taranaki Daily News 1 September 2012)
"The Kash" and Oakley's Portrait Studios, Devon Street East, New Plymouth
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