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is still called Clairvaux. More recently we have found that the Huguenot Seminary at Wellington

had a more than 40-year connection to Kalk Bay. What is now Mount Pleasant at 25 Gatesville
Road was owned by a succession of American missionaries who had come to Wellington in the

1870s. Truly Kalk Bay has a story for every occasion!

Hare Road

This neat short street is named after the well-known Hare family who started to buy properties in

the area of Behr, Main and Quarry Roads from the 1920s. (Fig. 3.16). Hare Road has great

historical significance for Kalk Bay in being home to the oldest surviving fisherman’s cottage.

This is the home of the Menigo family. The first Menigo was an early Filipino arrival in about
1850 and the family home was built here in 1898. The Menigos have lived here for 125 years –

the longest home ownership by one family yet found in Kalk Bay.

Barton Road

This small road connects Clairvaux Road to Gordon, Hare and Harbour Roads and runs in front of

the St James Roman Catholic Primary School. The origin of the name of this street is unknown.

Gordon Road

This is an important road in Kalk Bay, running as it does from Clairvaux Road right through the
historic area known as Die Land to connect with the southern end of Harbour Road.

The motivation for the name is not clear. It was only laid out after the massive slum clearance

followed by the building of the Fishermen’s Flats. It may have been named in the 1940s for Isaac
Gordon. He was a leading member of the Fishermen’s Union and heavily involved in the

community planning that included the demolition of the Fishermen’s Union buildings. Gordon
Road runs in part over the site of these buildings.

Milkwood Close

Something of a peaceful backwater, it runs off Clairvaux Road just before Lock Road. The origin

of the name lies in the grove of ancient milkwood trees there. (Fig. 3.17).