This is the house that the Watson brothers built.
On the left of the photo is Spencer, and on the right is Arnold. The house was mistakenly built on the neighbour’s land in Pongakawa Valley in 1912.
The Watson brothers formed a partnership in 1917 with Albert Nelson Gibbons. His wife was Caroline Emily Gibbons (nee Watson) after whom the Carrie Gibbons Scenic Reserve near Rotoehu Rd is named.
■ This photograph has been supplied by Western Bay of Plenty District Council’s Community Archives team. Information accompanying the photograph is, to the best of the team’s knowledge, accurate. However, it may well be that there are inadvertent omissions or errors and anyone who might be in possession of more information is welcome to send details to news@tepuketimes.co.nz.
