Jack's Hut

For an insight into the days of the roadmen who maintained the coach roads before the motorised age and the rail tunnel opened, visit Jack's Hut.

Stationed below the summit of Arthur's Pass, Jack's Hut is a surviving symbol of the era roadmen lived with their families alongside the different sections of the coach roads they looked after. A rare delight, built in 1879.

The hut was at one time owned by well-known New Zealand artist Grace Butler (1886-1962), where she regularly stayed on painting expeditions.