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The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened and remodelled both inside and out in 1955. It was sold by the PNCC to a businessman in 1996 and demolished.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_Bm113_009648
Title
Municipal Opera House
Relation
Public Collection Bm 113
Format
B&W print
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Date
circa 1913

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
church street,
opera house,
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