Pitcaithly Street in Halswell – Pitcaithly and Co purchased the Halswell Quarry in 1899. The quarry supplied stone for the Sign of the Takahe, the Robert McDougall Gallery and some Dunedin buildings during their tenure. The quarry was made into a public company during their ownership, and was sold to the Christchurch City Council in 1925. R Pitcaithly was also a member of the Halswell Road Board in the early 1900’s
A reasonable amount of information from the council minutes about the naming of streets in the subdivision.
Pitcaithly and Co were brothers Robert and William Pitcaithly. They owned a ship and were shipping agents. Their father was a butcher in Lyttelton. Robert was USA consul until he resigned in 1903 and he lived on Halswell end of Lincoln Rd. Robert was declared bankrupt in December 1912. In 1915 Robert was living in Wellington and he was charged with theft. William Pitcaithly in 1911 was charged with indecently assaulting a domestic servant in his employ. The case was eventually dismissed. There was a reasonable amount of information on Papers Past about the brothers. Amazing how many streets in Christchurch are named after men who have been made bankrupt.
Another street that is too new to be on maps yet and no houses have been built here yet.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 