Draft:John Farrell (architect)

John Farrell was a New Zealand architect who served as the Auckland Education Board architect from 1907–1923 and later in partnership with his son, Raymond Leslie Farrell, before partnering with William Henry Glover as J. Farrell, Son & Glover.

Several of Farrell's buildings have local heritage registrations.

Early life

Farrell served as the Auckland Education Board architect from 1907–1923.^[1]

In 1919 Farrell designed three manual training schools at Onehunga, Vermont Street, and Avondale.^[1] Farrell later designed Ponsonby Primary School in 1920.^[2]

In 1931 Farrell became the Auckland Hospital Board architect.

Name	Date	Note	Ref
Beresford Street School	1907	Likely the first building designed by Farrell in his role as Auckland Education Board architect	^[1]
Remuera Primary School	1909	Now demolished	^[1]
25 Kerr Street	Before 1911	Was Farrell's private home from 1911 until his death. Modified significantly by Farrell. Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council	^[1]
Onehunga Manual Training School	1922	Registered as a Category B building with Auckland Council	^[1]
Vermont Street Manual Training School	Designed 1919	No longer in situ, presumed demolished	^[1]
Avondale Manual Training School	Designed 1919	No longer in situ, presumed demolished	^[1]
Ponsonby Primary School	1922	Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council	^[2]
Takapuna Primary School War Memorial Gates	1923	Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council.	^[3]
M.H. Walsh shops and dwellings	1926–1927	Registered as a category B building with Auckland Council	^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Boyer, Anna (January 2017). "Historic evaluation Onehunga Manual Training Centre (former)" (PDF). Auckland Council Heritage Unit.
^ ^a ^b Freeman, Rebecca (August 2016). "Historic Heritage Evaluation Ponsonby Primary School" (PDF). Auckland Council Heritage Unit.
^ Cite error: The named reference remuera was invoked but never defined (see the help page).