Hopwoods Hardware established this frontage for their business in Broadway in 1962, when they extended through from Main Street. This building was demolished for the Downtown Mall, c 1989. G H Bennetts, established 1891, constructed this building c1917-1918. The shop front was renovated in 1965. Bennett was instrumental in changing the name of Broad Street into Broadway, which became official in 1926.

Hopwoods Mitre 10 and Bennett's bookshop, Broadway
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2008P_Z5184_BUI_0970
- Title
- Hopwoods Mitre 10 and Bennett's bookshop, Broadway
- Held In
- IMCA Digital Archive
Creation
- Created By
- Matt Ryan
- Place
- Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
- Date
- 1988
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Matt Ryan
- License
- By Attribution Alone
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