Situated at the corner of O’Neils Road and Drower Street, this 1890s villa utilises timber weatherboard walls, front verandah and double hung sash windows and a hipped roof with a square fronted bay. A finial crowns the front gable. The house is set amidst trees and a garden. It is on Allotment 223 of the 1914-1916 gumfields subdivision, and does Read more...
– Early 1900’s – Exact address ? – This is an old run down bldg. which is like the first houses they built in Swanson. – Todo [Rugged Determination, p83] [Possibly CHI 3374 -> 60 O’Neils rd] Read more...
– Old house made of kauri – Build 1917 – New extension put on top of it – Native trees planted around 1920’s in front of house [Dawn Ellis] Read more...
International award winning photographer Henry Winkelmann who settled in Swanson in 1917, was a notable figure in the community. English-born Winkelmann’s credentials included the grand prize at the Panam-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. His photographs covered a wide range of topics, well-known individuals and their families and residences, workers and their work-places, and significant events. In 1917 Read more...
– Old farm house, named “City View” – Build by Ellis family [Dawn Ellis] (not related) Read more...