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Erskine College, Wellington

1900s architecture in New Zealand1906 establishments in New ZealandBuildings and structures in Wellington CityEducational institutions established in 1906Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region
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Erskine College, Wellington 2011
Erskine College, Wellington 2011

Erskine College is a collection of historic buildings and landscapes (including the Chapel of the Sacred Heart and Main Block Convent) in Wellington, New Zealand. Built in 1905 by the Society of the Sacred Heart (Sacré Coeur), the buildings served as a Catholic girls' boarding school (Convent of the Sacred Heart at Island Bay) until its closure in 1985.The name was changed to Erskine College in the late 1960s to avoid confusion with Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt; being named after Mother Janet Erskine Stuart, the fifth Superior General of the Society of the Sacred Heart.The buildings and grounds are now classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by Heritage New Zealand.The college buildings, with the exception of the chapel, were controversially demolished by its owners The Wellington Company in 2018, to make way for 96 townhouses.

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Erskine College, Wellington
Jean Caldwell Way, Wellington Island Bay

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6023 Wellington, Island Bay
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Berhampore, New Zealand
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