Boon Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Boon Street – Formerly Smollett’s Road and Smollett Street. May have been named after Tobias George Smollett (1721- 1771). Re-named Boon Street. Probably named after C. E. Boon Ltd., bakers. Smollett was an English author. Smollett’s Road first appears in street directories in 1887. Becomes Smollett Street in 1898. Re-named Boon Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were renamed. The bakery business of Charles Edwin Boon (1878-1951), established in 1909, was at 221 Colombo Street. Not formally recognised as a public street by the Christchurch City Council until 1952.

A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Mostly older houses here but some new places. The street runs from Colombo St to Strickland St. There was nothing that stood out on this street except for the apartments which I couldn’t figure if are new or older ones that have been done up.