More Info →Palmerston North Public Library under construction, corner of Main Street and The Square

Description

This building was the fifth to house the Palmerston North Municipal Library, and the second to be built specifically as a library. The City Council approved the plans for the multi-purpose project in July 1963 and building was completed November 1965. Sir Bernard Fergusson, the Governor-General, officially opened the building. The library originally occupied 30,000 feet of a total floor area of 52,133, with the remaining area let as commercial space. In 1970 they occupied a further 2,000 square feet. The building was out grown in the 1990s and a new library was opened in a former department store across The Square. This building is now let to commerical tenants.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection L 73

Date

circa 1964

Digitisation ID

2011N_L73_004990

Held In

Coolstore