St Paul’s Presbyterian Church
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Description
Remains of St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Napier, “…destroyed by the earthquake and fire only days after its completion. Pews in store waiting to be installed were saved and are in use today in the rebuilt church, on the same Tennyson Street site.”
– From ‘The Shock of ’31’ by Geoff Conly, 1980, page 47
Tower shored up with timber after 3 February 1931 earthquake
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Business / Organisation
St Paul's Presbyterian ChurchLocation
NapierFormat of the original
Soft negativeDate published
1931Acknowledgements
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