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St Elmo Courts Named after St 47 Hereford St Elmo Courts was built on the Avon parking St Elmo Courts “Obituary”, The
and St Elmo
Flats
Elmo, a 6th
century martyr
and patron saint
of sailors and
people, especially
children, who
suffer from colic
and similar
disorders. His
Street
site of the St Elmo
Boardinghouse which belonged
to Frederick Murray and later
Annie Clifford (1881-1968).
According to the 1928 Stone's
street directory, the flats were on
the corner of 48-60 Worcester
Street and 290 Montreal Street.
Thus some people described the
area where they lived as 'St.
building and
Peace Memorial
Hall.
Press 18 April
“St Elmo Courts Ltd”, 1959, p 11
The Christchurch star, 3
August 1929, p 4 View the
biography of
“Reporter’s diary”, The Annette Mary
Press, 2 June 1988, p 2 Eleanor Jane
Clifford in the
“Reporter’s diary”, The Dictionary of
feast day is 2
Elmo'.
Press, 3 June 1988, p 2 New Zealand
June.
A prospectus was issued by the
Biography.
Directors of St Elmo Courts Ltd
in 1929 and the reinforced
concrete building was erected in
“Reporter’s diary”, The
Press, 15 June 1988, p 2
1930. It was designed by
architect and structural engineer,
Benjamin John Ager (1875?-
1959). It has a timber and
wrought-iron steel staircase,
timber joinery, sash and leadlight
windows and an upper parapet. It
is seven storeys high and had six
residential flats on the ground
floor and seven on each of the
other floors.
“Landmark office block
on the market”, The
Press, 4 October 2005,
p C8
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