This plan for the sewer drainage at the Central Hotel was designed by L. G. West. The Central Hotel was established in 1888 and originally located in The Square. It opened in a new building in Main Street West during the 1890s. The Danish-born arc...

Creator:      L G West
Date:          1905

The Central Hotel is visible on the right of this postcard of the Square from around 1908. The Central Hotel was built in the 1890s on the corner of Andrew Young Street and Main Street (having relocated from The Square). The business continued unt...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

This photograph shows a bustling street scene on Main Street West. The advertisement for the Convent Carnival dates this to sometime in 1905 - the carnival itself took place in early November. A crowd has gathered outside Childs Commercial Hotel a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

"36 Views of New Zealand Scenery.... Published by WM. Park, Bookseller - Palmerston North" This booklet includes handwritten notes and printed images of various locations around New Zealand.

Creator:      William Park
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          December 1905