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: E Creamer
Place: 25 Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
Restalrig Cottage was the residence of Mrs. Annie Astbury, at 28 Campbell Street, Palmerston North. It was presumably named after the suburb of Edinburgh where she was born.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1894
Charles Nicholas Rowe arrived in the Rongotea District in 1874, establishing a sawmill in what is known as Rowe’s Line. This large house was built from timber supplied from the mill and was probably constructed during the 1880s. It is still stand...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1900
Two young girls stand on the veranda of this villa, thought to be 'Tuatahi' in Williams Terrace on the Fitzherbert hill area in Palmerston North.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Story behind the brick house on the corner of Ngata and Featherston Streets built in 1923 and demolished in 2007.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 17, 2007
This house is located at 125 Fitzherbert Avenue, between Ferguson and College Streets. In the 1980s it was accorded Category 2 status in the New Zealand Historic Places Trust register for its architectural significance.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 125 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This house was built 1905 - 1906 for Elizabeth and James Alfred Nash. Nash was both a Mayor and MP for Palmerston North. In 1914 it was sold to T R Moore who named it 'Waimarama'. The house covers 5000 square feet, is built of rimu and kauri and h...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 46 Alfred Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
Pictured is the house at 31 Morris Street. It was demolished in the 48 hours following this photo. The house was built in the 1920s.
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 31 Morris Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 17, 2021
The homes at 75, 77, 79 and 81 Victoria Avenue were built in 1904 – 1905. 81 Victoria Avenue was removed to make way for Tiraumea Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
119 Savage Crescent is part of a planned housing project undertaken by the New Zealand Government in the late 1930s to early 1940s. When the house was offered for sale in 1957, the then tenants purchased this property from the Housing Corporation ...
Creator: Gordon Family
Place: 119 Savage Crescent, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1957
Caccia Birch 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, known as 'Woodhey', was extensively enlarged, both by him and by the New Zealand Government during ...
Creator: Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: October 5, 2011
Black and White photographs of Caccia Birch taken pre-restoriation circa 1980. The purpose of the photographs was to show the state of the house and grounds before submissions were made to council and the Ministry of Works.
First built in 1892 by...
Creator: PNCC
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1980
This photograph is taken from the south bank of the Hokowhitu Lagoon which is seen in the foreground. Built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, the house was bought by John Henderson Pollock Strang in 1903. In 1921 it was sold to William Caccia Birc...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: 1903
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: E Creamer
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: December 1981
George New was a successful trainer of horses c 1926 - 1950, in Totara Road, Awapuni, then part of Maxwell’s Line. The property burnt down c 1950, and George New retired to Levin. The property was then purchased by the Palmerston North City Council.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1926 to circa 1950
In the late 1910s and 1920s, there was a large housing shortage in New Zealand. This affected the railway workers who often struggled to find affordable housing - often, they would rather quit and find another job than transfer to a centre with...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: 26 Cambridge Street, Palmerston North
Date: January 2019
This art deco building was on the left or northward side of College Street, between Ranfurly and Ada Streets (opposite Union Street). It was designed as two flats for Miss Charlotte Eliot Warburton by Reginald Thorrold-Jaggard, a local architect i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 349 College Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1938
Carlton Avenue was designed as a 'garden street'. 8 Carlton Avenue (on left) was built in 1930. Its first owner was W H Stephens. 9 Carlton Avenue (on right) was built in 1928-1929 and its first owner was D H Cook. The roof as seen was remodelled ...
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: 8 and 9 Carlton Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1935
178b Fitzherbert Avenue was the home of John Coulson Fowler, who came to New Zealand in 1879.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 178B Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This house was designed by Reginald Thorrold-Jaggard, a local architect, in 1929. It was built by Dickle and Kempson for Mr E Bruce Levy. Plans held in Ian Matheson City Archives: CA: Thorrold Jaggard, contract no.366
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: 181 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1935
This house was designed by Reginald Thorrold-Jaggard, a local architect, in 1932. It was built by A E Allen for Charles F Cronin, a manager, who lived in it until c1946. Plans held in Ian Matheson City Archives: CA: Thorrold Jaggard, contract no.465
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: 28 Manapouri Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1934
'The Wattles' was constructed in 1887 and was demolished in 1967. The hall of the house was situated on the ground floor just inside the front door. On the left can be seen the door to the drawing room, while in the center is a passage leading to ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of College and Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890
This house was designed by Reginald T Jaggard, a lcoal architect for Mr C A Small, as a 'Hanoverian House' in 1933. It was built by F J Poman. Plans held in Ian Matheson City Archives: CA Thorrold Jaggard, contract 507.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 67 Rongopai Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1935
This block of four flats, designed by Reginald Thorrold-Jaggard, a local architect, was constructed for Miss Norah Grant in 1936. Plans and contract held in CA: Thorrold Jaggard, contract 604. Renumbered as 235 Broadway Avenue.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 201 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1941
The location of this building construction is unknown. It is possibly state housing.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
The house at 104 Napier Road, opposite Keith Street, no longer stands at this address (2010)
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 104 Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This house was built 1905 - 1906 for Elizabeth and James Alfred Nash. Nash was both a Mayor and MP for Palmerston North. In 1914 it was sold to T R Moore who named it 'Waimarama'. The house covers 5000 square feet, is built of rimu and kauri and h...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 46 Alfred Street, 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: E Creamer
Place: 16 Guy Avenue, 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: E Creamer
Place: 16 Guy Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
Mrs Matilda Kennedy is on the verandah of her home, in either Taonui or North Street, with three of her children: Willie (standing); Frederick; Jessie. Matilda Kennedy, nee Mellon, came to New Zealand from Australia and lived on the West Coast. Sh...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Taonui Street?, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900