Butler Street – Named after John David Butler (1876?-1950). Butler was manager of the Sand and Shingle Supply Company which operated in Hawford Street in the early 20th century. Developed off Hawford Road from Opawa Road. First appears in street directories in 1922.
A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Nothing on Papers Past about the naming of this street. Also very little information about John Butler. Nothing much from Ancestry website. There was a John Butler who died in 1878 who lived in Opawa and there was also a death notice for Emily Butler wife of John Butler in 1934. Their address was 26 Butler St. In Oct 1885 a house in Opawa belonging to John Butler burnt down. His occupation was railway servant.
A mixture of new and older houses and the new ones were rebuilds. There was one house that was interesting as it was a fairly new house but was built in an old-fashioned cottage style. Didn’t manage many photo here but had a long chat with a man who grew up in Lyttelton.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 