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The City Council bought the Arthur Barnett department store in 1992, converting it into the new City Library, which opened in 1996. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store in 1928, and was subsequently owned by Milne and Choyce, the DIC and Arthur Barnett.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
City Library Construction 1994-1996
Date
circa 1996
Digitisation ID
2008P_PNCC-LIB_CMROSS_1653
Held In
PNCC Archives

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Created By
Place
4 The Square, Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
1990s,
c m ross building,
construction,
palmerston north city library,
roscos,
shop,
the square,
thematic collections,
Community Tags
historic places trust,

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