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LA BELLE VILLA |
One of Akaroa’s most photographed buildings, this Carpenter Gothic house dates from 1874. |
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LANGLOIS-ETEVENEAUX COTTAGE |
A survivor from the earliest years of French Akaroa, the Langlois-Eteveneaux Cottage is now part of the Akaroa Museum. |
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MADEIRA HOTEL |
A four-square, two-storeyed building, the Madeira is typical of older hotels in many small New Zealand towns. |
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MAISON DE LA MER |
One of the Akaroa’s larger homes, this English Domestic Revival house was the residence of successive Akaroa doctors. |
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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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MONA LISA |
The distinguishing feature of this classic weatherboard cottage are the twin verandah posts found on other Akaroa dwellings. |
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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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NIKAU COTTAGE |
With its signature nikau palms, this simple cottage is one of Akaroa’s most picturesque examples of a colonial worker’s dwelling. |
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OINAKO |
One of the most notable of Akaroa’s larger houses, Oinako was designed in the 1890s by a leading Christchurch architect. |
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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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