Alberton is a 19th-century house in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, which is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure. The house was built in the 1860s for the Garlick family, major figures in the Methodist community in Mount Albert, later becoming a hub for the Plunket Society in the 1940s and a community centre.
Alberton, Auckland
The original farmhouse design of Alberton, seen before 1875
Mount Albert, New Zealand
Mount Albert is an inner suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, which is centred on Ōwairaka / Mount Albert, a local volcanic peak which dominates the landscape. By 1911, growth in the area had increased to the point where Mount Albert was declared an independent borough, which was later absorbed into Auckland. The suburb is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the southwest of the Auckland City Centre.
The town centre, dominated by New North Road
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert surrounded by the suburb in 2009
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert in an 1845 watercolour by John Guise Mitford
Ōwairaka / Mount Albert in a postcard, from around 1910.