Cooke St in Somerfield – Named after Frederick Riley Cooke (1867- 1930). Cooke was a tailor, socialist, trade unionist and Christchurch City councillor 1920-1930. Developed in a state housing area in what was Spreydon in 1937. Named in 1937. First appears in street directories in 1940.
A small amount of information from the library website and I found the same article the library website mentioned. Papers Past had an ad in 1938 about the State Houses being available for rent. Lots of death notices on Papers Past and a couple of birth notices. The best street competition had a few mentions.
Most houses on this street were built in the 1930s and they do have an obvious 1930s State House look about them. There is also a block of houses built between 2020 and 2023 and looking at street view the houses that were demolished to make way for these developments also looked like they were 1930s State Houses. Most of the houses on this street are now privately owned but none of the houses from the 1930s stood out for me. The one that did stand out was built in 2023 and I don’t usually like modern houses but this one was built by the developers whose style I quite like.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 