The Occidental Hotel stood on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. The first hotel burnt down and was rebuilt in 1891. The building pictured here burned down in 1927 - the year this image was taken.

Creator:      Charlie Trollope
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North

This postcard is part of a panorama taken from the Clarendon Hotel corner. 2014P_Sq93_008870 shows a more westerly view, although some of the details are identical. Alterations to the Bank of New Zealand (corner of Square and Fitzherbert Avenue) t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1909 to 1910

This photograph gives a view of the Occidental Hotel (the 'Ox') from across the Lakelet in The Square. The Lakelet was installed in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. The Lakelet is shaped like two wings of a butterfly and is bisected by a wooden br...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910 to circa 1914

This postcard looks from The Lakelet towards the south-east section of The Square, between the corners of Main Street East and Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1915

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