# Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting

295F Madras Street · Central City
https://www.chch.live/place/322
Locality record: [Central City on the register](https://www.chch.live/history/central-city)
Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/christchurch-central-city/madras-street
Stands inside: [Poplars Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1124-poplars-reserve) — the park outlines the pin falls inside
What else stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5275172324783&lon=172.64231200372606

## The encyclopaedia on it

Edmonds Clock Tower is a clock tower in Christchurch, New Zealand. Created by baking powder manufacturer Thomas Edmonds in 1929 to celebrate his 50th year of living in the city, it has been listed with Heritage New Zealand as a Category 2 historic place since 1981.

— Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonds'_Clock_Tower), a tertiary source

## Documents tied to this place

*These are leads, not evidence — search results nobody has read yet.* The first 10 of 31 are listed.
- Telephone cabinet and clock tower (2015-10-11T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-59424
- Clock tower and telephone cabinet (2015-10-11T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-59425
- Edmonds' Telephone Cabinet (2017-12-30T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-65003
- Edmonds' Clock Tower and Avon River (2015-10-11T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/cafe-cecil/ccl-cs-59160
- Decorative electric lamps on Oxford Terrace (1930-01-01T00:00:00Z) — https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37033
- Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 10 March 1906) (1906-03-10T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060310.2.77.6
  > …laid out conservatory and fern house all connected with the may-oatway fire alarm system telephone etc the outside buildings include large roomy 8-staled stable trapsheds fowlhouses bicycle shed appl…
- Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 August 1902) (1902-08-01T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020801.2.68.4
  > …e and financial agent hotel broker and valuer 172 lichfieid street christchurch po box 91 telephone 448 x3039 bring your lamps to be fitted with burn ers wicks chimneys shades globes or illuminators a…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 May 1903) (1903-05-06T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030506.2.45.2
  > …useful grummivt white and co st asaph btreefc 6665 wanted to lot workshop suit joiner or cabinetmaker apply 37 madras street anted to exchange minorca cockerel pure-bred head ebfit oxley sweet st alb…
- Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 03 March 1902) (1902-03-03T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19020303.2.55.4
  > …requires lady-help housekeepers cooks generals for town and country highest rate of wages telephone 497 a tjtumn shipments of mantles jackets fjk mackintoshes children ulsters etc now oeing shown beat…
- Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 20 April 1901) (1901-04-20T00:00:00.000Z) — https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19010420.2.93.2
  > …the balance by easy monthly payments h l bowker and son j estate agents victoria syuare i telephone 336 1 tvtew modern dwellings for sale jn hl bowker and son i 248 colombo street victoria square i te…

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting?**

A place on the record in Christchurch Central City, at 295F Madras Street.

**Where is Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting?**

295F Madras Street, Christchurch Central City — [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.5275172324783,172.64231200372606,17)