View of Wellington College looking south, Wellington City, New Zealand

View of Wellington College looking south, Wellington City, New Zealand
Date
1925
Reference
EP-Education-Secondary Schools-Wellington College-05
Description

View of Wellington College showing the Cricket Pavillion, Firth House, East School, West School, and the Gifford Observatory. Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper in 1925 by an unknown photographer

Cricket pavillion built 1924; Firth House tender notice in Evening Post 20 December 1922, foundation stone laid 25 June 1923, opened 1 December 1924 (architect Charles A Lawrence of Swan, Lawrence & Swan); East School built 1874 and 1883, spire removed 1909, demolished 1931 (architect Christian Julius Toxward); West School tender accepted October 1907, building completed 1908, demolished 1969,(architects Penty and Blake); Gifford Observatory seen here was built 1924. All of the architects involved were Wellington architects.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 32.2 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Wellington College
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 15.7 x 32.2 cm
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