On this site, in the southern corner of The Square, beside All Saints Church, the Colonial Bank built at impressive and handsome brick edifice after a fire in 1891 swept through this part of town. That building was purchased by the Council in 1900 for the Public Library but in 1905 the Library was exiled to the corner opposite the Post Office and the Council itself moved in. The 1944 the building was demolished and this photograph (taken from in front of All Saints), looks back past the vacant lot towards the Evening Standard headquarters (1937 remodelled 1975-1976) and shows the site before the new building, now Square Edge, was erected.

Old Council Chamber Site (Now Square Edge)
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_Bm104_009644
- Title
- Old Council Chamber Site (Now Square Edge)
- Format
- B&W print
- Held In
- Community Archives
- Archive
- R.W. Tnorrold-Jaggard
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Church Street, Palmerston North
- Date
- 1944
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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