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Description

This plan of a two room dwelling, comprising of a livingroom and bedroom, was designed by L. G. West for the Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Planning for the Awapuni Old People's Home commenced in 1911 and the facility was opened in April 1915 by the Minister of Public Health, the Honorable R. Heaton Rhodes. Initially, it provided accommodation for eight women and 24 men. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 1912 he formed a partnership with is son, Ernest Vilhem West, who continued the business after his father's death.

Identification

Object type
plans
Archive
L G West & Son
Relation
CA: L G West, Series 4
Date
1912
Digitisation ID
2021Pa_LGWest-S4-96_035146
Format
Paper
Held In
"Community Archives"

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Taxonomy

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architectural plan,
awapuni,
elderly,
l g west,
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