Commercial Hotel, corner of Main Street and The Square
This photograph shows the third incarnation of the Commercial Hotel, built 1935. It was demolished in 1986. Down the street, towards Coleman Mall, is the C M Ross Building, or Roscos. The four storey C M Ross Co Ltd building, built 1927-1928, housed one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. It extended through to Coleman Place and George Street.