This two-storey house in Wallace Place was built in 1923 for New Plymouth draper, Mr James Clewer Morey. The residence was designed by the well-known architectural firm, Messenger, Griffiths & Taylor.
A building permit was issued to Mr Morey for the house on 24 September 1923. It was built by Harold Rowe and the estimated cost was £1,750.
James Morey died on 29 June 1950, aged 80.
Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 Page 513, I4 Page 371 and I4 page 382.
Related documents and plans:
DEED5 Wallace Place (1878), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP1204 Sheet 1 Wallace Place (1898), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP3078 Sheet 1 Wallace Place (1912), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP5927 Sheet 1 Wallace Place (1940), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Taranaki DP9740 Sheet 1 Wallace Place (1967), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
11 Wallace Place (Western First National Flyer, 2013).
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