Samuel Hurst Seager

{{Short description|New Zealand builder, draftsman, architect, town planner, photographer (1885–1933)}}

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|birth_place = London, England

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|10|05|1855|06|26|df=y}}

|death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|nationality = New Zealander

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Samuel Hurst Seager {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|CBE}} (26 June 1855 – 5 October 1933) was a notable New Zealand builder, draftsman, architect and town planner. He was born in London, England, in 1855, and as a boy emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand, with his parents in 1870.{{DNZB|Lochhead|Ian J.|3s8|Samuel Hurst Seager|7 September 2016}}

He was one of the pioneers of the New Zealand bungalow.{{Cite web |url=http://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Translation-in-the-Transition_Examining-Innovations-in-the-Design-of-Auckland%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Transitional-Houses%E2%80%99-by-Anthony-Barnes.pdf |title=Translation in the Transition: Examining Innovations in the Design of Auckland's Transitional Houses |last=Barnes |first=Anthony |date=2014 |website=unitec.ac.nz |publisher=Auckland, New Zealand: SAHANZ and Unitec ePress; and Gold Coast, Queensland: SAHANZ }} He purchased land on Clifton Hill in Sumner and designed and established a garden suburb with eight bungalows which were sold in 1914.{{Cite book|title=The Spur, Sumner: the property of S. Hurst Seager |publisher=Christchurch Press Printers |year=1914 |location=Christchurch |url=http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/DigitalCollection/Publications/1910s/TheSpurAuction/TheSpurAuction.pdf}} Seager resided at No.1 The Spur for eight years from 1902.

Two of his notable buildings are Daresbury at 67 Fendalton Road and the Christchurch Municipal Chambers.{{Cite web|url=http://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/municipal-chambers/|title=Municipal Chambers|access-date=2016-09-04}}

In the 1926 King's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.{{London Gazette |issue=33179 |date=3 July 1926 |page=4414 |supp=y }}