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Date: 1896-1898 Client: Huguenot College Status: Restored Street: Kollege Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°38'13.54" S 19°00'44.25" E Alt: 125m

Inaugurated on 16 December 1898 by the Rev Andrew Murray to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Seminary. The date on the gable, 1896, indicates when the foundation stone was laid. EA Goodnow also funded this building and at his request it was named after a teacher at the Huguenot College, Anna Cummings. The design was by an American architect and has Normandic [sic] features, typical of the late 19th century revivalist architecture. A violent fire destroyed the original woodwork on 13 May 2008 and renovations to the roof and outer part were completed in 2011. The building is unoccupied at present [2024]. (See the Wellington Heritage Trail). The Norman influences, typical of the revivalist styling, include rusticated ashlar, regular fenestration and identical elongated facades each flanked by projecting towers, having a mansard roof with attic windows.