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The Sir Geoffrey Peren Building (named for the first principal of Massey Agricultural College, previously known as the Old Main Building) was designed by Roy A. Lippincott in the Spanish Mission / Mission Revival style. It was built by Fletcher Construction, with its foundation stone laid in 1929 and opening in 1931. As the main building of Massey Agricultural College it housed lecture rooms, teaching and research laboratories, a library, assembly hall, students' common room and staff studies. It is now used for offices, teaching and research.

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2010-26
Relation
Coolstore - 2010-26
Date
1960s
Digitisation ID
2015S_2010-26_012383
Format
Slide

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Taxonomy

Tags
college,
colour,
ivy,
tertiary,
Community Tags
historic places trust,

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