This large twin-grabled two-storied house which stood at Pietermaritz street was the temporary official residence or Lieutenant-Govenor R.W Keate. On his arrival in 1867 he refused to live in Pin's Government House because of its 'state' house to rent. This one belonged to John Meek and Keate stayed there until Pines quarters had been rebuilt. In the 1960s the upper portion was gutted by fire and in due course the house was demolished. Its site is occupied by the building of the Department of Plural Relations. The sketch is from Genera; G.H. Gordon, a talented military man of the mid-19th century.