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Built in 1906, the Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street was Palmerston North’s fourth. It was built on the same site as its predecessor, which operated out of a small wooden building. In 1988, when Telecom and Postbank became separate entities, the building ceased to be the Post Office. It currently operates as a restaurant and bar. Bennetts, visible to the left of the Post Office, moved to Broadway Avenue (then Broad Street) in 1918. Bennetts was purchased by Whitcoulls Group in 1993 and was subsequently operated under Whitcoulls brand.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_Sq326_008938
Title
Palmerston North Square Gardens and Post Office
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 326
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
1915 to 1918

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
bank of australasia,
collinson and cuningham,
kosy,
orb,
post office,
te peeti,
the square,
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Related items

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