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

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

Sir Matthew Oram, MP for Manawatu (1943 – 1957) and Speaker of the House of Representatives (1950 – 1957), named the house after family connections to a village in Durham, England. One of Norton’s early residents was Richard Leary who came to Pal...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          578 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Miranui, one of Palmerston North's Edwardian homesteads, was built for Alfred Seifert, one of six brothers who were involved in the flaxdressing industry. The homestead was completed in late 1906. Located at 148 Russell Street is listed in Catego...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          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:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          46 Alfred Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house is believed to have been built about 1877. Before 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Von Blaramberg, previously in charge of Carow Girls Collegiate School off Grey School, conducted a private school from the house. From 1908 to c1958 the house was owned...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          398 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

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:          11 Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a saw miller of Apiti. It was planned in 1904 and the building contract was dated 29 June 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features such as the cast iron verandah...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          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:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          46 Alfred 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:          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

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, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

This house was built in Fitzroy Street in 1875, making it one of the earliest buildings in the city, and is now situated outside Te Manawa Museum. The timber used in the flooring, wallboards, joints and rafters are of totara and the skirting, arch...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1984

"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          1984

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, 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, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

‘Rangi Marie” (or Rangimarie) was built for C.M. Ross the founder of C M Ross and Company in 1908. Originally it stood on extensive grounds on a rise in the Terrace End area, but the land was subdivided 1939-1940. The area was then developed for s...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          3 Rangiora Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1980

"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          1984

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:          Caccia Birch Lane, 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:          Caccia Birch Lane, Hokowhitu, 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

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

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

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, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The house was designed by A R Allen, and built in 1930 for Henry Free, general manager and shareholder in C M Ross Co. Ltd department store. Free was also a Councillor 1931-1935. It was later owned by John Young, an optometrist, Athol Preece 1951-...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          312 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

748 Main Street was built around 1887 with the distinguishing features of twin gables at the front. T R Moore was an early owner, followed by the Coutts family. The house was mostly built of totara and the flooring is tongue and groove in heart to...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          748 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

Miranui, one of Palmerston North's Edwardian homesteads, was built for Alfred Seifert, one of six brothers who were involved in the flaxdressing industry. The homestead was completed in late 1906. It is listed in Category 4 of the New Zealand Hist...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          148 Russell Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

748 Main Street was built around 1887 with the distinguishing features of twin gables at the front. T R Moore was an early owner, followed by the Coutts family. The house was mostly built of totara and the flooring is tongue and groove in heart to...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          748 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981