Skip to Content
Description

Looking across The Square to Arthur Barnett department store. This building was built for C M Ross Co Ltd in 1927-1928. In 1959 it was sold to Milne and Choyce, in 1966 to the D.I.C. which was bought out by Arthur Barnett in 1987. At a time of declining department stores and a new plaza on the other side of The Square, Arthur Barnett vacated the building in 1990. In 1993 the Palmerston North City Council bought the building and renovated it into the new City Library, opened in 1996.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
PNCC Series 59
Date
1993
Digitisation ID
2009P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_004413
Held In
PNCC Archives

Related items

The Square, Palmerston North
DIC department store, The Square
DIC, Coleman Mall
Arthur Barnett store, conversion into new Palmerston North City Library
Milne and Choyce Showroom staff
Workmen Removing Train Tracks from the Square
Te Marae o Hine / The Square
Rangitikei Street
Front entrance Public Library, Main Street
Milne and Choyce window display
Milne and Choyce window display
Milne and Choyce window display of fabrics

Taxonomy

Tags
1990s,
arthur barnett,
buildings,
cm ross building,
colour,
dic,
milne and choyce,
photographs,
Community Tags
car,
van,

Report a problem

Related items

The Square, Palmerston North
DIC department store, The Square
DIC, Coleman Mall
Arthur Barnett store, conversion into new Palmerston North City Library
Milne and Choyce Showroom staff
Workmen Removing Train Tracks from the Square
Te Marae o Hine / The Square
Rangitikei Street
Front entrance Public Library, Main Street
Milne and Choyce window display
Milne and Choyce window display
Milne and Choyce window display of fabrics