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The C M Ross Co Tearooms were located on the second floor of the new store constructed in 1927. It was a waitressed service, and also held a grand piano for entertainment. C M Ross Ltd was founded in 1882, and operated in The Square 1883-1959. It was sold in 1959, but remained as a department store, under Milne and Choyce, DIC and Arthur Barnetts until 1991 when it was bought by the Palmerston North City Council and converted into the City Library, opened 1996. Some features of the old store remain.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1930 to circa 1939
Digitisation ID
2007P_Bc301_WOR_0091
Held In
Coolstore

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c m ross building,
palmerston north,
roscos,
thematic collections,
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Construction of the new C M Ross Co department store in The Square.
Newspaper article on design of new Palmerston North City Library
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C M Ross Department store decorated to celebrate the end of WWI
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