Olveston house

On Monday at 10am our international group visited the Olveston house just across the road from St Hilda's.
This house was built in 1904 by a rich jewish family who had an export business in Dunedin.
 The house is one of the oldest in Dunedin and we had a guided tour through it. From outside it lookes pretty grand but when you are inside it's just huge! There are so many rooms like a kitchen, a scullery, 4 bedrooms, a huge hall, a flat for the secretary, bathrooms, hidden corridors, billard and cards room, dining room, library, fodd preparing room...
The man who built the house was so clever, because you could live in the house now days and the only thing missing would be a microwave and a internet connection.
They built a heating in every room and had two telephones. The also had some pretty cool inventions like a thing to press folded table cloths or a chair with holder to put your book in while your reading.
Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take any photos from inside so the photos below are from the internet.
After the parents and the childran died the house was donated to the city Dunedin.