Cobblestones Museum

Cobblestones Museum
The Donald Woolshed, Wairarapa's first purpose built woolshed, built Manaia (now Solway) c.1858
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Location169 Main Street, Greytown, New Zealand, New Zealand
41°05′07″S 175°27′20″E / 41.085307°S 175.455598°E / -41.085307; 175.455598
Coordinates41°05′07″S 175°27′20″E / 41.085307°S 175.455598°E / -41.085307; 175.455598
WebsiteCobblestones Museum
Official nameCobblestones Shearing Shed and Cobblestone Museum Stables
Designated23 June 1983
Reference no.2873 and 4003

Cobblestones is a regional museum and heritage village in Greytown, New Zealand. The museum is centred around the original historic Hastwell stables and existing cobblestones used by stage coaches travelling between Masterton and Wellington. The museum contains six Category 2 Heritage NZ listed buildings , these include:

  • a colonial cottage (built c.1867),[1]
  • Wairarapa's first Public Hospital in Greytown (built 1875),[2]
  • Wairarapa's first Methodist church (built 1865),[citation needed]
  • the single-teacher Mangapakeha country school building which opened in 1902[3]
  • The Hastwell Stables.[4] and
  • the Donald Woolshed (built 1858), Wairarapa's first purpose built woolshed.[5]
  1. ^ "Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  2. ^ "First Greytown Hospital building". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Mangapakeha School". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Cobblestone Museum Stables". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Cobblestones Shearing Shed". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2009.

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