Thompson House, Ōtūmoetai, c.1890- (Place)

SummaryKauri villa homestead built circa 1890 and known as the Thompson House after the the early settler Thomson family in Tauranga. Ena Thompson said her brother Alwyn first explored the idea of cool-storing Chinese gooseberries (kiwifruit) for transport to the United Kingdom in the late 1940s. SourcesPrint bock for 'Tropical Acres' (Thompson Family orchard)Tauranga 1882 - 1982 (Bellamy, 1982).Western Bay of Plenty Street NamesEna Thompson, horticulturalist, writer and independent womanHistoric House Opens up, Past...and Future » Bay of Plenty Times, 16 January 2004 (Real estate page 1)Ōtūmoetai house still sound after eighty years » Bay of Plenty Times, 15 June 1961

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Thompson house, Longwood Lane, Ōtūmoetai

Thompson House in 2004

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Date Builtc.1895

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Location5b Longwood Lane, ŌtūmoetaiLatitude/Longitude^[1]

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Thompson House, Ōtūmoetai, c.1890- (Place)