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The Gables
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January 13, 2022
The Gables in New Plymouth's Brooklands Park was one of four colonial hospitals Governor George Grey commissioned in the late 1840s for poor Māori and Pākehā patients. By 1900 all but the New Plymouth one had been demolished, but it had fallen into disuse and its future was uncertain. In 1903 the local preservation society campaigned to retain the building on historical grounds, perhaps the first public campaign to save a Pākehā building It was bought by Mary King and moved from Te Hēnui to Brooklands, where she transformed it into a family home. In 1934 the family gifted the building to the city and in 1985 it became an arts centre.
The Gables in New Plymouth's Brooklands Park was one of four colonial hospitals Governor George Grey commissioned in the late 1840s for poor Māori and Pākehā patients. By 1900 all but the New Plymouth one had been demolished, but it had fallen into disuse and its future was uncertain. In 1903 the lo…
Locatie
26 Brooklands Park Drive
New Plymouth, Taranaki