Lombard Street is one of the older streets of Palmerston North and an example of an early housing in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          15 Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Lombard Street is one of the older streets of Palmerston North. The land this house is on was listed as being owned by Thomas Hall, a wheeler, in the 1897 Valuation Roll. The house probably dates from about this time, and was owned by William Sidd...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          25 Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The Grand hotel was constructed in 1906, with the original plans showing 66 bedrooms, 2 conservatories, one shop facing the square and a large dining room. It was designed by NZ architect Mr Maddison and built by Mr James Trevor (Trevor Bros). The...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Anglican services began in Palmerston North in 1872. This All Saints Church, built 1914, was designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in Edwardian Free Gothic style and constructed in brick. It was the third such Anglican church on the same site. It ...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This two storey house was built for Joseph Beale in 1893. It was then sold to Andrew Guy in 1899. Guy was a member of a prominent family in Buteshire, Scotland and became a well-known solicitorand founder of the legal firm now known as Cooper, Rap...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          16 Guy Avenue, Takaro, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Anglican services began in Palmerston North in 1872. This All Saints Church, built 1914, was designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere in Edwardian Free Gothic style and constructed in brick. It was the third such Anglican church on the same site. It ...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Bourke Street dates back to 1875 and was put through by Mr Bourke, a roading contractor.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          11 Bourke Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The house at 104 Napier Road, opposite Keith Street, no longer stands at this address (2010)

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          104 Napier Road, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

One of the 14 entrances or wickets which divides the brick kiln into chambers, each capable of holding 10,000 bricks. This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand an...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          615 Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1981

One of the 14 entrances or wickets which divides the brick kiln into chambers, each capable of holding 10,000 bricks.This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          615 Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1981

Bourke Street dates back to 1875 and was put through by Mr Bourke, a roading contractor.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          15 Bourke Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

One of the original hitching posts for horses, in The Square. Photographs from the time indicate that this post was only one component of the design - the complete design has three such posts supporting a rail to which horses could be tied. It is ...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This two storey house was built for Joseph Beale in 1893. It was then sold to Andrew Guy in 1899. Guy was a member of a prominent family in Buteshire, Scotland and became a well-known solicitorand founder of the legal firm now known as Cooper, Rap...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          16 Guy Avenue, Takaro, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This Hoffman oblong continuous kiln in Palmerston North has not been used since 1959. It is one of the few left in New Zealand and thought to be the only one still in the North Island. It is listed in category 1 under the Historic Places Act 1993....

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Featherston Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This concrete building constructed in 1897 became the fourth Court House in Palmerston North, ans with additions and alterations remained in use until the 1980s. The building was listed in category four of the Historic Palaces Trust because of its...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

This cottage was probaby built c1878-1880. In 1880 it is listed as belonging to Robert Bryant, to Robert Horn from 1886, then by generations of the Mayo family from 1904-1978. The house was restored in 1979 by Nancy Kinross, the owner.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          56 Brightwater Terrace, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

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 safe...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house at 125 Fitzherbert Avenue no longer stands on this site. In the 1980s it was in Category 2 of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust register, for it architectural significance.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          125 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The house at 104 Napier Road, opposite Keith Street, no longer stands at this address (2010).

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          104 Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel which was gutted by fire. In 1985 the then owners, Manawatu Holdings Ltd, converted the top floors into commercial offices and retail space.

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

This house was built in 1902 by Lawrence Laurenson for his family. The Laurenson family continued to occupy it at least until the 1980s. The Laurenson family emigrated from the Shetland Islands arriving on the ‘Avalanche’ in 1875. This building is...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          451 College Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1981

Caccia Birch, as it is known today, was designed by L G West and built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, in about 1892. After being sold to Jack Strang in 1903 the house was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government durin...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1981

The house at 104 Napier Road, opposite Keith Street, no longer stands at this address (2010)

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          104 Napier Road, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Date:          1981