![]() Photographs show an elaborately ornamented Gothic Revival facade. It was representative of a new class of building in Dunedin, as the wealth brought by the gold rush began to be reflected in the buildings of the new city. The Otago Daily Times promised it would be a ‘handsome structure’. His design for the Boot Company was brick, with a bluestone basement and an Oamaru stone front. ![]() The design for First Church that had brought him to Dunedin was yet to be built, but he was well-established after three years living and working here. Lawson called for tenders for a new building in December 1865. Ref: Collection of Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.Īrchitect R.A. The building on the right of the lower one with the dormers was on the site of the present 192 Princes Street. It was only a few years old, but being wooden it belonged to a preceding era and was already out of date.Īn 1864 photograph of Princes Street. Moss & Co., with offices above known as Princes Street Chambers. The building then on the site was occupied by the auctioneers G.W. At the end of 1865 the company decided to move a block north, to the address that has since become 192 Princes Street. He became the manager of its outlet opened under the familiar Cookham House name, on what is now part of the Southern Cross Hotel site on Princes Street. In 1864 Switzer was a shareholder of the new Dunedin Boot and Shoe Company. The Switzers owned a small farm, Grand View, in Opoho. John’s wife Harriet introduced European birds to Otago, including starlings, blackbirds, and thrushes. It later became known by its present name, Waikaia. He only owned the property for a year, but the gold rush township afterwards established there was called Switzers after him. and his many other business ventures included Hyde Home Station in Southland. ![]() Switzer was a director of the Dunedin Gas Light & Coke Co. Ref: City of Victoria Archives, Canada, M00235.
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