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.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Collection Bg 30
- Date
- 1978
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_Bg30_009637
- Format
- B&W print
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Colin Rush
- Place
- 470 Main Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Some Restrictions May Apply
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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