1923 - Devonport Flats, New Plymouth
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S 39° 03.257 E 174° 04.226
60H E 246494 N 5673114
The Devonport Flats were designed by renown local architect Frank Messenger and placed on the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register in 1983.
Waymark Code: WM9G7H
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 08/17/2010
Views: 3
The Devonport Flats at 127 St. Aubyn Street, New Plymouth, were originally known as 'Waldie's Flats'. These units were designed by the New Plymouth architects Messenger, Griffiths and Taylor for Mr A. B. Waldie. They were built in two sections between 1922 and 1924, although one is dated 1923 and the other 1924.
They are a unique local example of metropolitan-style residential accommodation using reinforced concrete. New Zealand architects and builders pioneered the use of this material."
They have always been in private residential ownership, and forty years ago you could purchase a flat "for a song', but nowadays with their proximity to the sea and central New Plymouth the apartments are much, much more expensive. As such it is now a 'gated' apartment complex.
Year of construction: 1923
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription: Not listed
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