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MCROSTIES
Three identical cottages were built on Rue Lavaud in 1907. The two that remain are now commercial premises.
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MRS ETEVENEAUX’S SWEETSHOP
A century after an early Akaroa settler sold sweets from this small shop building it is still known by her name.
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OLD SHIPPING OFFICE
Akaroa’s Old Shipping Office is one of New Zealand’s finest – and smallest – examples of an elaborately Italianate style executed in timber.
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S STUDIO
Built hard against the street as a shop, this picturesque building has an older cottage tucked away behind it.
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SHOP, 65 BEACH ROAD
The varied career of this simple shop of the late 19th century makes it typical of small-town commercial premises in New Zealand.
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SHOP, 67 BEACH ROAD
Though its street frontage has been altered, this is one of the oldest surviving shop buildings on Beach Road.
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SHOP, 69 BEACH ROAD
A simple square building with a hipped roof, this building returned around 2000 to being the two shops it had accommodated at the start of its life.
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THE CHEMIST SHOP
This building has housed Akaroa’s chemist’s shop from the time it was first built in the early 1880s.
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TURENNE DAIRY
Akaroa’s oldest surviving hotel building has been a shop since the early 20th century.
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WINDERMERE
Built as a boarding house in 1877, Windermere has been a private residence at times but in the early 21st century returned to providing accommodation for visitors.
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