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

Business / Organisation

St Paul's Presbyterian Church

Location

Tennyson Street, Napier

Format of the original

Soft negative

Date published

1931

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Published with permission of Hawke's Bay Today

Accession number

436504

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