125-128 The Square - Waldegrave Building
- Description
John James Waldegrave arrived from England in 1855. The family settled in Palmerston North in 1872, where he established the first and second Royal Hotels in the Square. John Waldegrave, who had purchased this site in 1873, died in 1891. The Waldegrave Estate once had four buildings, including this one, on this property. The block stretched between King Street and the Square, although the second shop fronting the Square (built in 1934) is long gone.
Tenders were called to erect this building in May 1932 - the successful contractor being H.C. Townsend, at a cost of £6,590. Thorrold-Jaggard was the architect. The building consisted of shops and a number of other businesses upstairs. R. Hannah & Co.’s shoe store moved into this building. In 1936, the shops included Blandford’s furriers, and J.R. Wood Ltd., chemist. By 1943, Boots (NZ) Ltd. occupied the chemist shop, and a pharmacy continued to operate from this building until recent years.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- IMCA Digital Archive
- Date
- June 2020
- Digitisation ID
- 2020BD_IMCA-DigitalMaster_031918
- Format
- Born Digital
Taxonomy
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