Cobblestones Museum

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Cobblestones Museum

The Donald Woolshed, Wairarapa's first purpose built woolshed, built Manaia (now Solway) c.1858
Location	169 Main Street, Greytown, New Zealand, New Zealand 41.085307°S 175.455598°E / -41.085307; 175.455598
Coordinates	41.085307°S 175.455598°E / -41.085307; 175.455598
Website	Cobblestones Museum
Heritage New Zealand – Category 2
Official name	Cobblestones Shearing Shed and Cobblestone Museum Stables
Designated	23 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]

Exhibition Centre

The Exhibition Centre features Wairarapa heritage stories, objects, photos and machinery. Finished in November 2014 after many years of fundraising it also holds the collection room which curates objects within the collection.

A major new commemorative exhibition looking back on 80 years since the end of World War 2 is being planned for 2025. This will focus on the impact of the war on Greytown and the surrounding region from the perspective of servicemen, and commemorate the lives of local soldiers who did not return.

Cobblestones Park & Gardens

The heritage village at Cobblestones is set in park-like grounds and gardens. The variety of native and exotic trees at Cobblestones befits Greytown's significance as the first New Zealand town to celebrate Arbor Day. Native kahikatea, kowhai, totara and karaka can be seen together with exotic trees, maples, ash and fruit trees. Cobblestones garden is a popular Wairarapa garden tour and wedding venue.

References

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.

External links

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