Plunket Rooms

This building in Oamaru was erected in 1940 - 2 years before I was born. I expect my Mum took me here to check up - Plunket Rooms. It has remained just like this for all those years and the flower gardens are kept most beautifully!
Three good things:
1. A cup of coffee and a delicious cheese roll at our local cafe!
2. It was so cold today, Thought it might be winter again! Put some much warmer clothes on!
3. Broccoli soup for lunch must be good for you!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice capture, impressive building

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely building demanding respect -- is it built in the omerau stone -- you have often spoke about !

[Maggiemae]

@beryl Yes Beryl - just about all the old buildings are built of this creamy stone!

[summerfield]

i was about to say the stone looked like ivory. it is a rather nice building. first time i heard of plunket rooms and i had to google and learn some world history.

[FBailey]

Looks immaculate and the colours are so vibrant

[Maggiemae]

@summerfield Yes, I suppose Plunket is not in everyone's vocabulary! Very necessary service it was then!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's very stately looking which is not necessarily reflected in its purpose if I'm understanding the term "plunket" correctly!

[Bep]

Beautiful capture. Great architecture.

[Jessika Panteleios]

Nice capture and building.

[Tony]

Impressive capture.

[Judith Johnson]

It looks a grand building and the flowers are pretty too

[Maggiemae]

@olivetreeann Plunket was the caring system set up in 1907 to look after the welfare of all babies. Educate the mother and set up support systems.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@maggiemae Oh, so it's more like a clinic. Then a fine piece of architecture it is!

[KWind]

Nicely framed between the trees.

[gloria jones]

Lovely clear photo with a neat composition and great pops of yellow

[Delwyn Barnett]

Very stately plunket rooms. It would have made the young mothers feel good, going to such a lovely building. Awesome service.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Handsome old building. And now I know what plunket means.

[Thom Mitchell]

Beautiful colors! And I, too, learned a new vocabulary word!

[tony gig]

Wonderful building and shot.

[Maggiemae]

@tonygig Thanks Tony - don't know if you had Plunket over there, did you?

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture and place. Must have a lot of history to share after all these years.

[katy]

Coffee, cheese roll, broccoli soup, I got all caught up in your food for the day and almost forgot to tell you what a spectacular picture this is. It is edifying too since I did not know what a Plunkett room was. Now I know.

[Claude Trew]

What a lovely building and gardens. I like the soft feel to the image.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice architecture

[Richard Sayer]

This is a rather intriguing piece of social history and you've captured it splendidly.