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This house was built in 1902 by Lawrence Laurenson for his family. The Laurenson family continued to occupy it at least until the 1980s. The Laurenson family emigrated from the Shetland Islands arriving on the ‘Avalanche’ in 1875. This building is listed in category 2 of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust register, for architectural significance.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
PNCC Series 7/8/5
Date
1981
Digitisation ID
2010N_Bur200_3093
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
451 College Street, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
building,
buildings,
cooking,
home,
house,
kitchen,
oven,
photographs,
residence,
stove,
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