Vogel House | |
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General information | |
Type | Residential home |
Architectural style | Colonial neo-Georgian style |
Address | 75 Woburn Road |
Town or city | Lower Hutt |
Country | New Zealand |
Coordinates | 41°12′48″S 174°54′06″E / 41.213461°S 174.901694°E |
Completed | 1933 |
Renovated | 1980 |
Owner | Vogel family |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Heathcote Helmore |
Main contractor | Walter Dyer |
Designated | 27 June 2008 |
Reference no. | 7757 |
Vogel House at 75 Woburn Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand is a neo-Georgian-style home built in 1933. For 13 years was the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and it housed multiple other ministers and dignitaries.
The home was built in 1933 for James and Jocelyn Vogel. The Vogels gifted the property to the Government in 1965. Initially used by the Australian High Commissioner, it became the official residence of the Prime Minister in 1977. Robert Muldoon lived there from 1977 to 1984. Muldoon's successor David Lange only lived there briefly and chose instead to live in a flat close to Parliament, and in 1990 Premier House became the official prime minister residence. It was then occupied by Ministers Doug Graham and Jim Anderton and Governor-General Anand Satyanand.
The government sought to divest ownership of the property in 2013. The house was ultimately sold back to members of the Vogel family in 2019, after a legal dispute over who the government could sell or give the property to.
Vogel House was listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (since renamed to Heritage New Zealand) as a Category I historic place in 2008.