Main Street, Foxton
More Info →- Description
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The small triangular reserve at the junction of Main Street, Park Street and Avenue Road was originally the site of Maori meeting house. In c1899 the reserve was enclosed with a white post and black chain fence, as seen here. The Returned Soldiers Association built a concrete surround and Fallen Soldiers Memorial on the site in 1920.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Fo 44
- Date
- 1900 to 1920
- Digitisation id
- 2011N_Fo44_004677
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions