Peter Patten was the Clerk of Works for Palmerston North City Council during the construction of Civic Administration Building. He had an interest in buildings around the city and documented them throughout the 1980s - 2000s.
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The Furniture Fair building was Holben Precision Engineers Limited, built 1923. The Leader and Watt building was built for Gough, Gough and Hamer, circa 1920s.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 153-165 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 1989
Wallpaper Warehouse on Rangitikei Street. The Furniture Fair building was Holben Precision Engineers Limited, built 1923.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 145 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 1989
The appliance retail store Leader and Watt. The building was constructed for Gough, Gough and Hamer, circa 1920s.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 157-165 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 2007
Peirards Plumbing supply store near the Tremaine Avenue end of Rangitikei Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 2000
A coffee shop in the former Standard Insurance Building on Rangitikei Street. The building has since been demolished.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 90 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 1983
Air conditioning and refridgeration business ARL on Rangitikei Street. This was previously the location of the Country Library Service.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 408 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 2006
Bay Engineer Supplies, previously the location of John Cambers, Andrews & Bevan General Machinery.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 336 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 2006
Shops on Rangitikei Street including Warehouse Staitionary and Bedpost.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 168-190 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 2007
Carters building supplies on Rangitikei Street. This site was previously occupied by the building supply company Perham Larsen.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 2006
Leader Bros Ltd on the block of Ruahine Street between Main Street and Broadway Avenue.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 2004
Auto parts store, Supercheap Auto, on Rangitikei Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 168-190 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 2007
The Manawatū Museum as seen from Linton Street
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 325 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 199X
Shops on the corner of Main Street and Ruahine Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Corner of Main Street and Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 10, 2007
The Bank of New Zealand in Douglas Square, Rongotea. The building is now used as the Rongotea and Districts Community Hall and Community Library.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Douglas Square, Rongotea
Date: 1988
Rongotea's Coronation Hall was built in 1902 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII. The building was demolished in 1999.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Thames Street, Rongotea
Date: March 1991
Ruins of the Kaumatarui Creamery.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Kaimatarau Road and Kellow Road, a continuation of Hammond Road, Rongotea
Date: May 15, 2005
Remains of the Kairanga Dairy Factory on Rongotea Road.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Rongotea Road, Rongotea
Date: March 1992
The post office in Rongotea.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 15 Douglas Square, Rongotea
Date: 1988
Caccia Birch House was designed by L. G. West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government during the time it w...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: December 1988
The Newmans Bus Depot on Princess Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 2, 1992
A wall of the PDC exposed during construction of The Plaza shopping mall.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 84 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 1985
Former railway housing on Joseph Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 34-38 Joseph Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 1996
The Regent Theatre was built by the Australasian cinema and theatre chain J.C. Williamson Limited. Williamson's began its New Zealand operation in 1926. The theatre, one of several Regents built throughout New Zealand and Australia at this time, w...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 53 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
Looking across a rose garden in The Square to the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 196X
The Square between Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square Edge building, prior to the construction of the FMG Building.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 65-68 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
The former Mowlem Building on the corner of Coleman Mall and The Square. The architect was Natusch and Sons. It was built for Fred Mowlem in 1925 for £8887 on the site of the old Theatre Royal, which burnt down in 1924.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 161-163 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
Looking down The Square towards the PDC building on Church Street. The PDC building was demolished in 1990 to make way for The Plaza.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1990
Businesses on the corner of Coleman Mall and The Square, including Broadbank, Para Rubber and Woolworths. The former Mowlem Building is on the left.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 161-163 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 1983
Number 1 Shoes, formerly the site of Woolworths and the Waldegrave buildings on the corner of Broadway and The Square.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 132 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 10, 2007
The Garners Department Store.
Garners began in The Square, Palmerston North 7 February 1906 with a small drapery business.
Three years later Miss M M Garner & Miss H M Garner went into business with her brother Henry they became “Garner and...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 70 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1988