Queen's Gardens (1st Generation) [1889-1937]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 09:44
Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
Date closed / demolished
Later place(s) at this location
Queen's Garden (2nd generation) [1949-1988]

Photos that show this Place

1889 ad for Queen's Gardens
1889
Richmond Terrace and Estate and Building Co.
1889
Panorama of city looking west from scandal point
c.1890
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Comments

I think Queen's Gardens deserves its own place.

Views of Queen's Gardens and the Hill District. Dates are approximations.

1900s

1900s Queen's Gardens

 

1910s from the Albany/Bowen Filter Beds

1910s Queen's Gardens

 

1910s Queen's Gardens

 

1910s Entrance to filter beds and overlooking the Botanical Gardens

1910s Queen's Gardens

 

1920s Close-up

1920s Queen's Gardens

1889  seems to have been the construction date for Queen's Gardens.  That is, if the clipping of the Richmond Estate of their 1888 AGM describing the lot on "Peak Road" and the four planned house to be Queen's Gardens.

Richmond Terrace and Estate and Building Co.

1889 ad for Queen's Gardens

#4 was ready to rent in 1889 (see ad)

The 1937 article above notes:

"Two of the houses were pulled down about two years ago."

I wonder if that means one of the five buildings (each building held two semi-detached houses) was demolished in 1935. Possibly 3 & 4 Queen's Gardens, the building on the NE corner. It's a possibility, based on their appearance in this photo.

Alun disagrees, saying that based on this 1937 photo:

I believe that the 5 main buildings on Queen's Gardens are still there, and were demolished later in the year.
I believe that it was the 2 houses below that were demolished in 1935.

We'll have to wait for some clearer photos to make a decision either way.

Regards, David

1930 Queen's Gardens - Close-up View

To supplement the view of Queen's Gardens circa 1930.

 

 

 

 

 

The four blocks on the terrace can be seen. As Marlowe says, it appears that in David's photo, the buildings below Queen's Gardens particularly on the extreme right have been demolished.

Marlowe - Grateful if you would advise if there were 5 blocks in total that comprised Queen's Gardens?

Submitted by moddsey on Fri, 2011-09-16 06:38.

I can confirm there were 5

I can confirm there were 5 blocks. 

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Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2011-09-16 07:40.

Noted the 5 blocks.

Will try and find out what happened to the 5th block. Looks like the SE block is not in picture in David's photo.

View of the City c.1935

If David is right, when he says 1 of the 5 blocks of Queen's Gardens, were demolished 2 years before the rest, then this picture "may" show that.

It appears the apartments numbered 3 & 4 are gone.

This postcard shows Queen's Gardens but the date is unclear.

PEAK BUILDINGS AND WATER HOLDING TANKS
PEAK BUILDINGS AND WATER HOLDING TANKS , by UpNorth Memories - Donald (Don) Harrison

Compared to the one from 1900, the long house on the left side hasn't been built yet.

 

1900s Albany Filter Beds
1900s Albany Filter Beds, by moddsey

So the date should be sometime in the 1890's.