This photograph from 1905 shows the fresco room, a stunning space adorned with pastoral landscape murals across the walls.

In 1914, two years after Campbell's death, Auckland City Council purchased the property. Its grand halls were repurposed as hospital wards between 1918 and 1919 during the Spanish influenza epidemic, after which it lay empty.

Sadly, the mansion was demolished in 1924 to make way for a new development, but the home's memory lives on. Part of the grounds were incorporated into the Parnell Rose Garden, including the grand fountain, while the home's distinctive stone was even reportedly repurposed as pathways.

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