The Milson area was first developed as a response to the need for railway housing in Palmerston North. The area still contains a large number of the distinctive 'railway houses' that were designed and built in the 1920s for many areas around New Z...

Creator:      New Zealand Railways (?)
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1957

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

Former railway housing on Joseph Street.

Creator:      Peter Patten
Place:          34-38 Joseph Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 1996