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This Palmerston North convent was built in 1925, designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere. The convent's main facade was asymetrically composed around a castellated central block, with a white figurine in the middle of this block (this can now be seen on the new Catholic Church building in Broadway Avenue). The Sisters of later demolished.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1950
Digitisation ID
2007N_C23_BUI_0218
Held In
"Coolstore"

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catholic church,
Community Tags
st. patrick's convent of mercy,

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