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An interior photograph of the Theatre Royal, which stood on the Western side of The Square. It was built about 1875 by the Forrester's Lodge and was used as a Lodge Room and Public Hall until 1884 when it was purchased by Frederick Mowlem, a local land agent. Mowlem and James Linton converted it into a theatre. It was destroyed by fire in 1885, but immediately rebuilt. The opening of the Opera House in 1905 resulted in the Theatre Royal being closed and it was converted into shops.

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Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection T6
Date
circa 1900
Digitisation ID
2014N_T6_009091
Held In
Coolstore

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Palmerston North

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