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This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. It was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. It was originally built with a clock tower but this was removed in 1942 for safety reasons and the clock and chimes were re-housed in the ‘new’ clock tower in The Square in 1957. The building is currently used as a bar and cafe. (2008)

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1988
Digitisation ID
2008P_Z5139_BUI_0934
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Place
The Square, Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
1980s,
buildings,
colour,
historic places trust,
palmerston north,
photographs,
post office,
the square,
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