Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. The Municipal Chambers building is on the far left, next to All Saints' Church on Church Street.
Opposite the church is the Grand Hotel. Coles Henry & Co, a music and radio shop is on the next corner, ...
Creator: Terry Finnerty
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1958
The Commercial Building was built on The Square for the Coombs estate in 1925. It currently houses offices and retail premises (2020).
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 11-15 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
The Commercial Building was built on The Square for the Coombs estate in 1925. It currently houses offices and retail premises (2020).
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 11-15 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 1992
the Commercial Building was built on The Square for the Coombs estate in 1925. It currently houses offices and retail premises (2008).
Creator: Matt Ryan
Date: 1988
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, hous...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This substation was the Manawatu Oroua Electric Power Board’s first environmentally designed plant in Palmerston North. It was opened by the Board’s Chairman, Mr Mel Waters, on February 9 1981. The small site is surrounded by a high wall so that ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Flygers Line, Palmerston North
Date: February 10, 1981
This photograph shows the section of The Square between Coleman Mall and Main Street East. From Left: The Commercial Hotel (with the advertisement for Leopard: Quality Beer on top), Tates Cakes (Pink Cake Shop), Patron Pharmacy, Gerald Taylors, Wi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970 to 1972