The grove is named to honour the contribution of the Macpherson family to commerce in Palmerston North. April 2018.
From the late 1890s, Macpherson family businesses have included: grocery, apparel,...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 2025
Plaque outlining history of the building. Description reads as follows:
"This building stands on the site of the first general store in Palmerston North, erected in 1871 by George Mathew Snelson. The site was later occupied by t...Creator: Isaac Heaphy
Place: The Square, Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date: February 11, 2022
Taken on the same occasion as 2007n_a20_war_0003, this photograph shows the Manawatu Mounted Rifles (6th Mounted Rifles) marching through The Square. The unit has turned right from Coleman Place into The Square and is riding past the premises of C...
Creator: Charles Allen
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
The building with four chimneys and the smaller building to its right appear to have been added after 1885, based on photographs of this location taken earlier than that date.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1885 to circa 1889
A Selection of Views of Palmerston North. Printed and Published by Spencer & Stevenson, Auckland for WM Park [William Park], Palmerston North.
Creator: William Park
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1890s
This photograph was taken prior to 1900 because the Standard newspaper building and the Commercial Hotel were burned down in that year. A photograph taken from the same angle and with the same buildings appears in "A Selection of Views from Palmer...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1893
This postcard looks towards the section of The Square between Main Street West and Coleman Mall. The base of the fountain that once stood in that section of The Square is just visible in front of the Bon Marche.
Creator: Aldersley Series
Date: circa 1910
A colourised postcard of The Square was taken after 1902, when the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed, but before 1907, when the small Rotunda was shifted to the Victoria Esplanade Gardens.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1902 to 1907
This panorama of The Square was taken from the tower of the Post Office. Some notable features include the original wooden All Saints Church (visible on the corner of Church Street West and The Square) and the Grand Hotel, built 1906. Scaffolding...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1906 to 1907
This postcard shows The Square as it was in 1912 and looks towards the section of The Square between Coleman Mall and Rangitikei Street. The base of the fountain that once stood in that section of The Square is just visible in front of the Bon Mar...
Creator: Charles Allen
Date: circa 1910