Peter Patten was the Clerk of Works for Palmerston North City Council during the construction of Civic Administration Building. He had an interest in buildings around the city and documented them throughout the 1980s - 2000s.
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View of Main Street possibly taken from the then newly built library building on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The railway tracks were removed from Main Street in mid-late 1964 and the library opened in November 1965, dating the image ...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This building was constructed during 1981 by McMillan and Lockwood, and completed April 1982. The cost of building was approximately $8 million. As of 2020 it is named the Crombie Lockwood building.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 65 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 2003
The Royal Hotel on Rangitikei Street. The Royal Hotel began life as Dawick’s Buffet, an unlicensed boarding house and restaurant in the 1890’s established by Samuel Dawick. In 1913 the licence of the Royal Hotel on the corner of The Square and Ran...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 44 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 1996
Robertson Motors on Princess Street, the former site of the Newmans Bus depot.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 21, 1998
The Manawatū Polytechnic Building Centre on Queen Street. Possibly the former assembly hall for Palmerston North Technical High School.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Queen Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1996
A former dairy factory on the corner of Thames Street and Douglas Square, Rongotea.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Corner of Thames Street and Douglas Square, Rongotea
Date: 1988
The Warehouse on Rangitikei Street. It would later moved to Church Street between Cook and West Streets. As of 2020, it is the location of Rebel Sports.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 51 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 2003
The Manawatū Polytechnic Workshops on the corner of King Street and Princess Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 166-176 King Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 1983
The Manawatū Polytechnic Workshops on the corner of King Street and Princess Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 166-176 King Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 1988
Breakers Cafe and Bar on Rangitikei Street.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 168-190 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 2007
A view of Princess Street looking towards Broadway Avenue. The former Palmerston North Technical High School and Manawatū Ploytechnic buildings can be seen on the right.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 8, 1997
The building was constructed in 1913 for Arthur Hopwood, a prominent Palmerston North businessman, who leased the land. With the building to its right (now demolished), it became part of “Everybody’s Theatre”, and in 1928 the theatre was remodelle...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 5-9 Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: 1994
The Manawatū Racing Club building that was occupied by Prebyterian Support and Rodgers & Caskie law firm.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 88 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1988
Remax Real Estate on Princess Street. This building now housees Desktop Technology Services. (2020)
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 108-112 Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 2007
T Market Fresh fruit and vegetable store son Tremaine Avenue (opposite Russell Street). The site was previously occupied by Poter Motors and is now the site of NZ Safety Blackwoods and Zenith Fitness.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: December 2006
The New Zealand Cadet Force 10th Squadron Air Training Corps rooms on Princess Street. This building is now the location of Shed 23, a music education, rehearsal and performance space.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 23 Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 1995
Businesses on Princess Street including, Central Rentals (furinture and appliance rentals), Alpha and Omega copy centre and internet cafe.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 92-96 Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 2007
Military personnel walking in front of the men's toilets (now removed) in the north-east corner of The Square on ANZAC Day.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 25, 2004
A rear view of buildings on Main Street, including Manawatū Furnishings.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
Looking up Broadway Avenue from the corner of The Square and Coleman Mall.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 1 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Manawatū Polytechnic in the former Palmerston North Technical High School Building. Palmerston North Technical School was opened on 29 September 1909, corner of King Street and Duke (now Princess) Street. In 1931 the gables were removed, giving th...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Corner of Princess Street and King Street, Palmerston North
Date: October 1988
The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28 September 1938. The building still stands in Church Street, directl...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 351-361 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 2, 2005
The former RSA 'Soldiers Club' was built on the corner of Cuba and George Streets for the Manawatu Patriotic Society and completed in 1917 to a design from the firm of L G West & Son. The building was used by the RSA until 1966 when it was sold to...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 236 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1988
The Resene Colour Shop on the corner of Fergusson Street and Donnington Street. The Inland Revenue Department and Ministry of Transport building is in the background [2019].
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 407 Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 2006
The former RSA 'Soldiers Club' was built on the corner of Cuba and George Streets for the Manawatu Patriotic Society and completed in 1917 to a design from the firm of L G West & Son. The building was used by the RSA until 1966 when it was sold to...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 236 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 1983
Businesses on Fitzherbert Avenue including Why Don't You (haridresser), Martins Electrical, and the Empty Vessel (later known as Trader McKendry's).
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 28-38 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: August 2007
All Saints' Church on the corner of Church Street and The Square. This is the third church on this site - the first built in 1875, the second in 1882, and the third (pictured) in 1914.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 1996
Ruins of the Kaumatarui Creamery.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Corner of Kaimatarau Road and Kellow Road, a continuation of Hammond Road, Rongotea
Date: May 15, 2005
Ruins of the Kaumatarui Creamery.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: Kaimatarau Road and Kellow Road, a continuation of Hammond Road, Rongotea
Date: May 15, 2005
The former headquarters of the Manawatū Racing Club. The Club was formed in 1880 and held its first race meeting on Boxing Day 1881.
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 84 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 1983