First hut
1888 hut. First recreational hut on the mountain. Photo from Roy Davies collection, used with permission.
1888 hut. Hut member named Freeny reclining on a log outside the hut.
Photographer: Unknown Source unknown
DESCRIPTION
Location Known Construction 1891 Status Remnants
HISTORY
HERITAGE VALUES
Historic, Scientific, Archeological, Aesthetic
HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE
McConnell assessed this hut as having High Medium-High Local Significance, Some State Significance individually and as part of the suite and Some National Significance
SOURCES
The Huts of kunanyi/Mount Wellington - Maria Grist
This was the very first recreational hut on the Mountain and as such is highly significant. It is unnamed, but is locally referred to as the 1888 hut.
It was built 1887-8. A simple but solid, almost square hut of horizontal logs, about ten feet by ten, with a bark roof and a low stone chimney.
One of the members was Charles B. Pitman, possibly a relative of T. A. Pitman who became ranger on Mount Wellington between 1908 and 1916. Another member, named Freeny, is shown reclining on the log in one of the photographs.
Location: Known
Construction date: 1887-8
Status: Remnants
SOURCES
The Huts of kunanyi/Mount Wellington - Grist