Cobblestones Museum

Cobblestones Museum

The Donald Woolshed, Wairarapa's first purpose built woolshed, built in 1858
Location	169 Main Street, Greytown, New Zealand, New Zealand Coordinates: 41°05′07″S 175°27′20″E / 41.085307°S 175.455598°E
Coordinates	41°05′07″S 175°27′20″E / 41.085307°S 175.455598°E
Website	Cobblestones Museum
Heritage New Zealand - Category II
Official name	Cobblestones Shearing Shed and Cobblestone Museum Stables
Designated	23-Jun-1983
Reference no.	2873 and 4003

Cobblestones Museum is a regional history museum in Greytown, New Zealand. The museum is located at site of the original Cobb and Co coaching stables. The museum contains several buildings recognised as historic by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, 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),
• the single-teacher Mangapakeha country school building which opened in 1902^[3]
• the Cobb and Co Stables ^[4] and
• the Donald Woolshed (built 1858), Wairarapa's first purpose built woolshed.^[5]

References

1. "Cobblestone Museum Colonial Cottage". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
2. "First Greytown Hospital building". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
3. "Mangapakeha School". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
4. "Cobblestone Museum Stables". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
5. "Cobblestones Shearing Shed". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-12-21.

External links

• Cobblestones Museum