25 Facts About Isaac Luck

Isaac Luck was the third chairman of the Christchurch Town Council.

Isaac Luck was the brother-in-law of and in partnership with Benjamin Mountfort, and was the less well-known architectural partner for the design of the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings.

Isaac Luck worked in a partnership with John Plowman the younger as builder and architect.

Isaac Luck was the surveyor for the demolition of the old Aylesbury Prison.

Isaac Luck arrived in Lyttelton on the Steadfast on 9 June 1851.

In 1852, Isaac Luck built the Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Lyttelton, which was architect Benjamin Mountfort's first commission in New Zealand.

Isaac Luck was the builder of the original wooden St Peter's Church in Upper Riccarton, which was consecrated in 1858 by Bishop Harper.

Isaac Luck was the less dominant half of the partnership as credit for their joint work is generally given to the better known Mountfort.

Isaac Luck worked in partnership with Mountfort until July 1864.

Isaac Luck was elected onto the Christchurch Town Council for the period from 1863 to 1866.

At the next meeting on 30 January 1865, Isaac Luck was voted chairman for the coming year, thus becoming the third person to take that role.

Only a month later, Isaac Luck called a public meeting concerning the most exciting news that had ever been received in Christchurch yet, as gold had been found on the West Coast in Hokitika.

Isaac Luck stood for election to the fifth Canterbury Provincial Council in June 1866, and he was nominated by the then-chairman of the Town Council, Edward Bishop.

Three candidates stood in the election, and Isaac Luck came third by a two-vote margin against Henry Tancred and Arthur Charles Knight.

Isaac Luck owned or leased various sections in Christchurch in what is the central city.

Isaac Luck built a house for himself on the Gloucester Street frontage.

Isaac Luck leased those sections from Lancaster from November 1853, and thus controlled most of the north-west quadrant of the Square.

Isaac Luck owned town sections 584 and 586 on the north-west corner of the intersection of Colombo and Gloucester Streets, which took in half the block fronting Colombo Street between Gloucester and Armagh Streets.

Isaac Luck owned town section 755 in Worcester Street, in the section between Manchester Street and Latimer Square.

In December 2012, Isaac Luck's Building was the first of the 761 central city properties to be purchased by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

From July 1855, Isaac Luck had the agency for the Lyttelton Times for Christchurch and Canterbury.

Isaac Luck was the chairman of the Canterbury Gas, Coal and Coke Company for some time.

Isaac Luck advertised that all claims against him personally are to be presented by 3 April 1867, and he left New Zealand five days later.

Isaac Luck had a close association to the Mountfort family beyond his business relationship with the architect.

In February 1852, Isaac Luck became godfather to Wilfred Lewis Mountfort, a son of the architect.