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This photo may have been taken from the top of the Grand Hotel on the corner of The Square and Church Street West. The buildings from right, are: The Bank of New Zealand on the right hand side of Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue); the second Occidental Hotel on the opposite side of Fitzherbert Street. It was originally built 1881, burnt down 1891, rebuilt and destroyed again by fire in May 1927. It became the site of the Palmerston North Municipal Library from 1927-1965; an unidentified tea room; DM George; x2 unidentified buildings; W.F. Durward's Drapery which operated from 1907-1915; The Club Hotel; the Opera house, built 1904-1905.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 66
Date
1907 to 1910
Digitisation ID
2014N_Sq66_008583
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
1900s,
accommodation,
bank of new zealand,
black and white,
club hotel,
durwards drapery,
occidental hotel,
opera house,
photographs,
the square,
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A View of Te Marae o Hine / The Square
The Square looking from Main Street East to Fitzherbert Avenue
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Looking across The Square, Palmerston North, to the Southeast
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The Grand Hotel, corner of The Square and Church Street west
Opening of the Lakelet in The Square
Looking Across the Lakelet towards the Occidental Hotel
Grand Hotel, corner of the Square and Church Street
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A View of Te Marae o Hine / The Square