Another random post while I am recovering from an illness and I found this building after walking Ensors Rd in August. Entries on Papers Past started in 1910 when the fundraising started for the Girls Hostel connected to the Technical College. The foundation stone was laid in January 1912 and the hostel was opened in April 1913. The hostel had students who lived in and were taught domestic science. The chairman of the Board of Governors for the Technical College is occasionally mentioned and there is a plaque for George Scott nearby. The hostel seems to be mentioned frequently in connection with the Technical College sports grounds. The hostel was closed in 1952 and in 1954 there was a proposal that the building should become a nurses hostel. I didn’t find out if this actually happened. A letter to the editor in 1954 suggested that it would make a good home for the elderly. I hope that this building can be saved and not get demolished.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 