Eden Terrace

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Eden Terrace

Eden Terrace boundary map
Eden Terrace
Basic information
Local authority Auckland City
Electoral ward Auckland Central
Date established 1860s
Population 1,965 (2006)
Facilities
Surrounds
North Auckland CBD
Northeast Grafton
East Newmarket
South Mount Eden, Eden Valley
Southwest Kingsland
West Arch Hill
Northwest Grey Lynn

Coordinates: 36°52′02″S 174°45′31″E / 36.8671°S 174.7585°E / -36.8671; 174.7585 Eden Terrace is an inner city suburb of Auckland, located 2 km south of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. Eden Terrace is one of Auckland’s oldest suburbs, and also one of the smallest, at just 47 hectares (ha) is second only to Newton (43.2 ha).[3]

Eden Terrace is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. According to the 2006 census, Eden Terrace has a population of 1,965.[4]

History

Origins

Plan of Surrey Hills, Arch Hill and Eden Terrace, circa 1880s[2]

David Burn (c.1799 – 1875) was the first landowner in Eden Terrace to start subdividing farmland up for residential development. David (in 1863) was the first editor of The New Zealand Herald[5][6] (then called the Herald). He was also a playwright, journalist, and author of the first Australian drama to be performed on stage, The Bushrangers.[7]

Scottish-born David immigrated to Auckland in 1847 and in 1849 bought land at the top of Symonds Street from William Smellie Graham, who in turn had bought the land from the Crown in December 1848. David built his house, Cotele, on this property. He later moved to Emily Place and leased Cotele to various tenants.[8] In 1861 then again in 1863, David subdivided the land around Cotele into hundreds of small building allotments and sold them off at a considerable profit.[9] New roads appeared as the land was subdivided; David was always “warmly attached to the navy and nautical matters”[10] which could explain his choice of road names: Basque; Dundonald; and Exmouth – all associated with famous sea battles.

David Burn died in 1875, “in comfortable circumstances” thanks to selling the Cotele allotments at such high prices.[11]

Eden Terrace formed its own district in 1875.[12]

Looking east from Arch Hill towards Eden Terrace, circa 1860–1880[1]

Buildings of interest

  • Orange Coronation Ballroom.[13] Architect: Arthur Sinclair O'Connor.[14] Located at the top of Newton Road, the Orange is an interesting minor gem of interwar stripped classicism. The Orange was built in 1923 by the Auckland Orange Hall Society, a branch of Irish Protestants in Auckland. Dances and public entertainment were held there up until 1987. Dame Kiri te Kanawa performed there, early in her career.[15]
  • Edinburgh Castle Hotel. Corner of Symonds Street and Newton Road. Built in 1865, it is an example of one of the simpler versions of the Italianate style. Surface plaster hides its original wooden construction. An Auckland Trotting Association was formed at a meeting held in the Edinburgh Castle on 21 May 1890. This club changed their name to the Onslow Trotting Club a little later, part of the origins of the Auckland Trotting Club and their racing today at Alexandra Park.[16]
  • Former Post Office building. This fine Art Deco structure from the 1930s is also located in Upper Symonds Street.
  • Former Eden Vine Hotel. At the intersection of Mt Eden Road, New North Road and Symonds Street. The Eden Vine Hotel was built for William Galbraith in 1868. It finally fell to the prohibition movement, and was forced to close its doors as a hotel in 1905.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries (NZ Map 2692)
  2. ↑ Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-4431
  3. ↑ Monitoring and Evaluation Research Associates Ltd.(MERA)
  4. ↑ Statistics New Zealand
  5. ↑ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand - Auckland Provincial District (1902) p. 270
  6. ↑ New Zealand Herald, 13 November 1863. Volume I, Issue 1
  7. ↑ D. H. Borchardt, 'Burn, David (1799 - 1875)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 181–182
  8. ↑ http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/coteles-of-upper-symond-street.html
  9. ↑ Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1728, 2 February 1863, Page 2
  10. ↑ Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2320, 3 July 1875, Page 3
  11. ↑ Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2320, 3 July 1875, Page 3
  12. ↑ Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5584, 20 July 1875, Page 3 (from the National Library of New Zealand website.)
  13. ↑ Eden Terrace: NZ Postal Area
  14. ↑ New Zealand Historic Places Trust
  15. ↑ http://www.gatherandhunt.co.nz/Stories/dancing-orange
  16. ↑ http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/edinburgh-castle-hotel-symond-streets.html
  17. ↑ http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/eden-vine-on-hill.html
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