These photographs show the back entrance to the Caccia Birch House kitchen. Iimprovements were made to this entrance at the back of the house in 2020.
Caccia Birch House was designed by L. G. West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. In subsequent years it was owned by Jack Strang and then William Caccia Birch, after whom it was named. After Caccia Birch's death it was gifted to the NZ Government, in 1941, and was variously used by the army in WWII, as a convalescent home for nurses, and by both Victoria and Massey Universities. The house has been owned by Palmerston North City Council since 1984 and has been restored and renovated as a conference and function centre. It is a Category 1 listed building with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust because of its historical and architectural and community significance.
