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.

Palmerston North Public Library under construction, corner of Main Street and The Square
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2011N_L73_004990
- Title
- Palmerston North Public Library under construction, corner of Main Street and The Square
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Original held in
- Public Photograph Collection L 73
- Date
- 1964~
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- The Square, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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