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Description

The Arthur Barnett department store, was bought by the Palmerston North City Council in 1992 and converted into the new City Library, opening 1996. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928. It was subsequently owned by Milne and Choyce and the DIC, before being bought by Arthur Barnett.

The King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it was combined with another feature of The Square, the concrete fish pond. The monument was moved in 2005 to the corner of The Square nearest to Broadway Avenue.

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi
Image
Date
circa 1990 to circa 1999
Tautuhi matihiko
2008P_PNCC-LIB_CMROSS_1652
E puritia ana ki
PNCC Archives

Ngā rauemi e whai pānga ana

Construction of new Palmerston North City Library
Arthur Barnett store, conversion into new Palmerston North City Library
C M Ross Co Ltd, The Square
C M Ross Department store decorated to celebrate the end of WWI
C M Ross department store, Coleman Place
C M Ross Co. Ltd float in 75th Jubilee parade in The Square
Construction of the new Palmerston North City Library
Public Library and George Street redevelopment sign
Palmerston North City Library
C M Ross Co Ltd department store sale notice
Newspaper advertisment of C M Ross Co Ltd Building Progress Sale
Newspaper article on the sale of the D.I.C to Arthur Barnett

Pūnaha whakarōpū

Ngā tūtohu
1990s,
c m ross building,
roscos,
shop,
the square,
thematic collections,
Tūtohu Hapori

Tuku kōrero mai mō te whakararu

Ngā rauemi e whai pānga ana

Construction of new Palmerston North City Library
Arthur Barnett store, conversion into new Palmerston North City Library
C M Ross Co Ltd, The Square
C M Ross Department store decorated to celebrate the end of WWI
C M Ross department store, Coleman Place
C M Ross Co. Ltd float in 75th Jubilee parade in The Square
Construction of the new Palmerston North City Library
Public Library and George Street redevelopment sign
Palmerston North City Library
C M Ross Co Ltd department store sale notice
Newspaper advertisment of C M Ross Co Ltd Building Progress Sale
Newspaper article on the sale of the D.I.C to Arthur Barnett