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The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened on 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened and substantially remodelled both inside and out in 1955. It was sold by the PNCC to a businessman in 1994 and demolished in October 1996.

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2025P_RayCarter-S1-F1_043412_001
Archive
Ray Carter
Relation
CA: Ray Carter, Series 1, Folder 1
Date
October 1996
Digitisation ID
2025P_RayCarter-S1-F1_043412_001
Format
Colour print
Held In
"Community Archives"

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