The South Island Methodist Orphanage and Children's Home : an aerial view.
The South Island Methodist Orphanage and Children's Home : an aerial view.
[1934]
The first South Island Methodist Orphanage was opened on 25 April 1914 in an existing house on five acres of land at 54 Harewood Road. The Church had bought the property from William Henry Helmore (d. 1914), a farmer. Pictured here is the later orphanage which was opened in 1934 at the corner of Matsons Avenue and Harewood Road. At the time it was said to be the finest orphanage building in the Dominion. It was on a site of 12 acres and the buildings were in three sections with the boys' and girls' homes on either side of the administrative block. Hundreds of children stayed at the orphanage until changing patterns of care led to its closure in 1986. In 1997 there was a new subdivision on the site - Marble Wood.
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