The gates to the Whangamomona Domain were erected as a memorial to Herbert Strombom, Public Works Officer, Whangamomona County.
The black marble facings were possibly replaced in the 1980s.
Left gate post reads:
IN MEMORY OF
HERBERT CHAS
CAULFIELD STROMBOM
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICER
IN CHARGE OF ROADS IN
THIS COUNTY FROM
1901 TO 1923
Right gate post reads:
H.C.C.S.
OBIT January 25 1923
TO COMMEMORATE
A LONG RESIDENCE DEVOTED
TO PUBLIC WELFARE
THIS MEMORIAL IS
ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS
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