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Dominion Road Methodist Church
Dominion Road Methodist Church is an early 20th century Methodist church located in Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. It is listed as a List of category 2 historic places in Auckland, Category 2 building by Heritage New Zealand. Description The church is designed in a Gothic Revival style with floral leadlight windows, a small spire, and an asymmetrical bell turret. History Originally, the Primitive Methodists used a cottage, which was also run as a Sunday school, for church services. On the 2nd of December, 1896, the local Primitive Methodist committee decided to erect a church in the County of Eden area. After climbing Mount Eden on the 6th of December, they found a suitable spot and decided that it would become the location of their new church. The land for the church was donated by Thomas Hanson, a settler from Sunderland who subdivided land and sold housing in Mount Eden. It was decided that a church long and wide, with a high Wall stud, stud, would be constructed. Messr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominion Road
Dominion Road is an arterial road in Auckland, New Zealand, running north–south across most of the Auckland isthmus. It is a major public transport route that carries 50,000 bus passengers each week. The road, which passes through mostly suburban areas (and several town centres), has a mix of shops. Many Asian restaurants line the road between Valley Road and Kensington Avenue. A "Dumplings on Dominion" Festival was held in 2020 to celebrate one aspect of Chinese cuisine, with 37 businesses taking part. A sculpture of noodles being pulled by chopsticks from underground was exhibited in two places on Dominion Road between 2015 and 2021. Route The road is the longest stretch of straight road on the Auckland isthmus, stretching from the northern part of Mount Eden to the Manukau Harbour. History The road was created in the late 1840s by Cornish settler John Walters, who made the path to better connect his farm (at modern-day Bellevue Road) to Eden Terrace in the north. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
