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The fifth Mayor was of Palmerston North was Mr Ludolph Georg West, who held office for one term in 1886-1887. He was the second Scandinavian to become Mayor, being born in Denmark. In 1868 he arrived in the Palmerston North District and a few years later went into business as an architect and commission agent. He designed many of the prominent buildings of the early township. After his death in 1919, his son Ernst Vilhelm West continued the family business and also served on the Borough Council.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2013N_Pi53_007447
Title
Mr Ludolph Georg West, Fifth Mayor of Palmerston North
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi 53
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1886

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Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

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palmerston north city council,
people,
photographs,
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portrait,
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