Strauss Place in Somerfield – Part of Frankleigh Street. Probably named after the Strauss family. The Strauss family was an Austrian family renowned for its musical compositions. First appears in street directories in 1987.
A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street.
Apart from some death notices on Papers Past the main articles were about the change of the street. In 1983 the eastern part of Frankleigh St was renamed Strauss Place.
I remember when Frankleigh St was altered as it was my main route when driving between Lyttelton and Hoon Hay. Strauss Place was part of Frankleigh St until they decided to line up Frankleigh St with Milton St. I can’t remember if one or two houses were demolished on Barrington St to create the deviation.
Out of the 22 houses here three of them were built in the 1920s and the one that I loved was built in 1910. There is now a cycleway that goes through this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 