The Coles building was constructed in 1906 of brick with reinforced concrete, for Henry Coles who had a music shop on the ground floor and leased the rest of the building. Descendants of the Coles family owned the building until c1970 when the Pa...

Creator:      R E Clevely
Place:          Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1974

2014P_Sq75_008861 shows a more easterly view, although some of the details are identical. Alterations to the Bank of New Zealand (corner of Square and Fitzherbert Avenue) took place in 1909. The scaffolding appears to still be in tact. This image ...

Creator:      Andrew Millar's Series
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1909 to 1910

This photograph was taken from the top o f the MLC Insurance Building around 1963.

Creator:      C K Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1963

This photograph shows the stretch of The Square between Coleman Mall and Church Street West. Buildings from right: Commercial Building; Commercial Hotel - a Commercial Hotel operated on the corner of Main Street and The Square from 1881-1986, and...

Creator:      Photorama Magazine
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1963

The Coles building was constructed in 1906 of brick with reinforced concrete, for Henry Coles who had a music shop on the ground floor and leased the rest of the building. Descendants of the Coles family owned the building until c1970 when the Pa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1972

A man in a bench reclines and smiles for the camera in this photograph of The Square from the early 1900s. The Statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed in The Square in 1907. It was commissioned by his sister Ereni Te Awe Awe and designed by ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907