These baths were opened on Featherston Street in 1917 and were in use until 1979. They were dedicated to the students who were killed in World War One on 30 May 1917. There were four main incarnations of Central School - The Original School (corner of Main and Princess Streets, 1872-1890), Campbell Street School (1890-1922), Central School (Featherston Street, built 1922), Central Normal School (became a practice school for teachers college students in 1956).
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- Object type
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- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Sc128_007953
- Title
- Central School Baths
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Original held in
- Public Photograph Collection Sc 128
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- Evening Post, Wellington
- Place
- Featherston Street, Palmerston North
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