Stereoscopic View: Post Office, Palmerston North

Description

This stereoscopic image was taken in the first years after the opening of the new Palmerston North Post Office in 1906. It was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was considered unsafe. The clock and chimes were put into storage until reinstated in a clock tower in The Square, which was completed in 1957. The Post Office building is now used as a restaurant and bar.

Identification

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Po 10

Date

circa 1907 to circa 1908

Digitisation id

2014P_Po10_007507

Held in

Coolstore