This photograph shoes a view of the Square from Main Street East, looking towards Church Street. The railway is running through the centre of Main Street, the Statue of Te Awe Awe can be seen centre right of the photo and was erected in 1907.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1907 to 1910

This postcard from the early 1900s gives a clear view of The Square. Some of the visible features are the band rotunda (built 1907, domed structure on left), the Lakelet (opened 1909, foreground), the Te Awe Awe statue at right(erected 1907) and t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

This view of The Square was probably taken from the top of the Grand Hotel. Some of the visible landmarks are The Lakelet, the cannons, the band rotunda, the observatory and the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1911 to 1918

The observatory was erected in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1906. It was demolished in 1938 after repeated bouts of vandalism and the increase in light pollution in The Square lessened its usefullness. The Lakelet constructed 1909, can...

Creator:      Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date:          circa 1915