More Info →Public Trust Office, 470 Main Street

Description

The Public Trust was established in 1872. In Palmerston North the Public Trust grew rapidly earning a permanent branch office in 1919; by 1937 it had a staff of fifty under the control of Mr C Freyberg, District Public Trustee.
The building shown here was opened in 1922; in later years many extensions were required, including a partial second floor being added and extensive improvements on the ground floor completed around 1936. The building was demolished in August/September of 1978 to make way for the new courthouse building.
See also ; ‘Swamp to City’ pg 138.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Collection Bg 13

Date

1950

Digitisation ID

2014P_Bg13_009636

Format

B&W print

Held In

"Coolstore"