Rees Street in the Central City, Christchurch

Rees St – Named after Evan Devereux Rees (1844?- 1931). Rees, a boat builder, is listed as living at 283 Oxford Terrace on the 1893 electoral roll. His house was next to the Union Rowing Club and he was the first custodian of the CRC sheds. Rees Street is first mentioned in the Star in 1884 in a report of a meeting of the city council. In 1984 a ¼ acre section and two “aged colonial cottages in original condition” in the Avon Loop area were sold for $59,500. They were on Rees Street and the corner of Bangor Street and were offered on behalf of the estate of Kate Alicia Rees (1901- 1984). She was the daughter of Augustus John Rees and granddaughter of Evan Rees. First appears in street directories in 1893.

A reasonable and interesting amount of information for this street When you check google maps it shows a street full of houses but the reality is different. I couldn’t walk the street as it is closed and fenced off and there are no longer any houses here. This area was affected badly by the earthquakes.