Plans of the Melanesian Mission Trust Board
The Melanesian Mission Trust Board was established in 1862 by Bishop George Selwyn and John Coleridge Patterson to support mission work in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
The Board’s original investment was inland in the Kohimarama and Mission Bay areas, with land being made available for purchase or leasehold.
The Board’s extensive archive held at the Library, includes historic documents and deeds, correspondence, architectural plans and papers relating to the administration of the leasehold properties.
The subdivision plans featured are for dwellings in the suburb of Kohimarama in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Specifications and plans for certain properties, such as the bach at Speight Rd, Kohimarama for prominent Auckland businessman Lewis R. Eady, also form part of the archive and give an insight into the building requirements of that time.
