Niels and Ragnhild Hansen's newly built house at Whakarongo, situated nearly opposite James Line with the bush line beyond. Niels, an immigrant from Denmark, met and married Ragnihild Gudmudsen in Palmerston North in 1884. They moved to this house...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1895
Two houses on the south-western corner of Church and Albert Streets,, 2022. The house on the left was relocated.
(Photo taken through security fence)
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 528 and 530 Church Street
Date: October 8, 2022
Photo of the house at 512 Church Street before it was removed / demolished
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 512 Church Street
Date: June 12, 2021
This house sat empty across from 123 Albert Street. In it's last months, it was hit by an out-of-control car (hence the boards). It then burned down on the 30th of November 2022, and demolished soon after.
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 530A Church Street
Date: October 8, 2022
This house in Rongotea, which was originally built for John Jarvis, suffered fire damange and was partially rebuilt. For an earlier image of the structure, see 2014P_Rng68_007666.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rongotea
Date: circa 1920
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 in the 1910's. A hairdressers and a natural therapist currently use the building as a workplace. According to the QV website, the house was last sold in 1980 for $22,000
Next door, to the left, a new hotel development is taki...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: 119 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: August 4, 2020
‘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: E Creamer
Place: 3 Rangiora Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1980
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
William Smith was a brick maker. Mrs W Smith is in the centre of the photograph. The residence stood on the eastern side of what is now Victoria Avenue, near the Church Street corner.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1890s
"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: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, 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: E Creamer
Place: 6442 Pioneer Highway, 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: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, 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: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, 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: E Creamer
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1984
Whitehead's was a bakery and confectionery shop. Mr Foster, seated on the cart, is delivering bread to houses in Main Street east
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street East, Palmerston North
Date: 1907
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: E Creamer
Place: 451 College Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
This house was built by McAlister and Howes for Samuel Weston, a sawmiller of Apiti, in 1906. The building has many interesting architectural features; cast iron verandah supports made by Mosking Bros of Palmerston North and a roof top turret.
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 77 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
“Te Puke” was the home of G H Bennett, stationer of Palmerston North, built for him by his brother Arthur at 145 Ruahine Street in about 1902. It was sold to the Gibbs family in 1920. The extensive grounds were then subdivided but the house itsel...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 145 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
John Nairn established his market garden business at the end of College Street, as it was then, in 1893. In all, seven glass houses and other buildings were built over the years. The family business largely grew tomatoes, cucumbers and grapes. Jo...
Creator: Unknown
Place: College Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
217 Grey Street was built by John Ax in 1876, and was believed to be the oldest dwelling in Palmerston North still on its original site at the time. The house was registered on the New Zealand Historic Places register and, at the time of this phot...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: 217 Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 9, 1979
On the right is W H Collingwood’s residence, which was situated next to the Wesleyan Manse on church Street. W H Collingwood was Town Clerk of the Palmerston North Borough Council 1907 - 1917, and was also Treasurer of the first Palmerston North H...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920? to circa 1929?
This house was originally owned by the Rodgers family.
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: 488 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 21, 1998
This house at 490 Church Street, which was built c.1900, burned down during the evening 12th of April 2020 - during the alert level 4 lockdown of the Covid19 outbreak. News reports say it is being treated as suspicious, as a man was seen runnin...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: 490 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 26, 2020
Campbell Street is one of the older residential streets in Palmerston North. It was established in two sections, in 1875 and 1890.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Campbell Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 2, 1979
Front view of the 7-roomed house at 77, Kairanga Road, the most distant point from the Mangaone stream on the Chapman farm in the north-west corner of Palmerston North. The family moved here c1915 after vacating the house they had occupie...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
"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: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: December 20, 1975
This house was the home of John and Matilda Perrin and family. It was later renumbered as 256 Featherson Street. John and Matilda married in Palmerston North in 1874 and had a family of 9 children. John Perrin was a partner in the building firm, M...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
Shown here is the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace, built at Clifton heights area before it was subdivided. James Wallace served in a managerial position with the PDC in Palmerston North.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1930