This building was one of the first European houses in inland Manawatu, erected 1867 by European carpenters employed by Ditlev Gothard Monrad, the Lutheran Bishop and ex-Premier of Denmark who settled at Karere in 1866. The house was occupied by t...

Creator:      T Bloch, Nelson
Place:          Karere, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1868