Tahiti’s Old US Consulate
p. 105 · Read in the full issue
To Go
The old United States consulate build [?]g in Papeete is to be demolished [?]cording to a recent notice appearing in [?]e Journal Officiel of Frenph Oceania [?]lich lists a number of over-age build [?]gs that will soon disappear.
The Consulate building, which faces the -called Broom Road encircling Papeete’s [?]iterfront, was built in 1906 on land [?]nated to the United States by Queen mare IV in 1832. The present building, own above, replaced one demolished in hurricane in 1906.
Since the American Consul was with [?]awn from Tahiti October 31, 1948, the [?]operty has been leased to Mr. Oscar [?]irdman as a residence and offices.