Notable Buildings
The former Borough Council Chambers and Fire Station building stands at the Ponsonby Road end of Williamson Avenue. This brick building dating from 1889, was designed by John Mitchell. It resembles many American fire stations of the period.
At the corner of Crummer Road and Ponsonby Road stands the large 1890s Italianate Mansion of George Allen, a saddle and harness maker. "Allendale" is a local landmark, having been successively a doctor's surgery, Maori girls hostel, boarding house, refuge for alcoholic men, and a restaurant. In the 1990s it was purchased by the ASB Community Trust as its headquarters and was restored.
Carlile House stands at 84 Richmond Road. Built in 1886 as an industrial school named the Costley Training Institute, it is now abandoned and vandalised. The original stables are still visible on the Chamberlain Street side.
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