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Courtville was built in two stages by Auckland entrepreneurs William Stanton and Ernest Potter. The three-storey Middle Courtville was completed in 1914, and the five-storey Corner Courtville in 1919. They were designed to resemble similar structures in Vienna and Paris.

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Philip Morrison and Ben Schrader, Inner-city living – City flats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23741/courtville (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Morrison and Ben Schrader, published 6 April 2010.