George Street is named after the landowner and building contractor who put the street through, Mr George Frederick Roe (1837-1902).
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Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2024
A Palmerston North street view with the ANZ Bank on the corner of Coleman Place, which housed the Scotch Wool Shop, the Norfolk House and the D.I.C. Building can be seen following along the left side of the street. The Odeon Theatre in George Stre...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. Coleman Place and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1976?
Shown here is a tearoom at Rosco's Dept Store ready for a civic reception for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The wall and column paneling are made from rosewood.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1954
The Centennial Pavilion was constructed in The Square for the 1971 Centennial. Comprised of a series of prefabricated buildings that sat opposite Main Street and the Commercial Hotel, the Centennial Pavilion was a meeting hall used by the communit...
Creator: PNCC
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1980
Looking across The Square to Arthur Barnett department store. This building was built for C M Ross Co Ltd in 1927-1928. In 1959 it was sold to Milne and Choyce, in 1966 to the D.I.C. which was bought out by Arthur Barnett in 1987. At a time of dec...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1993
This building was constructed in 1927-1928 for CM Ross and Co Ltd. In 1959 CM Ross sold to Milne and Choyce, and in 1966 it was onsold to the DIC. The DIC subsequently sold to Arthur Barnett in 1989. After closing as a department store in 1991 the...
Creator: Peter Patten
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
Shown here is the Queens table decorated ready for a reception in the Rosco tearooms [now the City Library].
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1954
Shown here is the Queen's table and an table for other dignitaries decorated ready for a reception in the Rosco tearooms [now the City Library 2020].
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1954
The Rosco tearooms are seen here decorated for the Royal Dinner given for Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 7, 1954
Staff of the women's fashion showroom posing with a trophy. From left: Molly Cotton; Miss Floyd; Mrs Boyle; Molly King; ?; Trish ?; Mrs Ciochetto; Peg McNabb; Gaye Chamberlain (later Ware). Gaye Ware was employed by C M Ross and Milne and Choyce b...
Creator: The Times
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1959 to 1960
Gaye Ware worked in the Women's fashion showroom 1957-1963, first for C M Ross Co. Ltd, then for Milne and Choyce. She would sometimes model for the fashion parades that were held in the Milne and Choyce Coffee Bar. Milne and Choyce was one of the...
Creator: The Times
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1959 to 1960
This image was taken for a feature in the Manawatu Evening Standard (Then and Now in The Square - featuring photos of landmarks around the Square in 1908 an 1970). It ran on September 12 1970.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 1970
The building was constructed as part of the C M Ross department store in 1915. C M Ross was sold to Milne and Choyce in 1959, then to the DIC in 1969. Currently it is occupied by a number of separate business and shops (2008).
Creator: Matt Ryan
Place: 6 Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
This building was constructed in 1927-1928 for CM Ross and Co Ltd. In 1959 CM Ross sold to Milne and Choyce, and in 1966 it was onsold to the DIC. The DIC subsequently sold to Arthur Barnett in 1989. After closing as a department store in 1991 the...
Creator: Matt Ryan
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
This photograph shows part of The Square that once included the Floral Clock and the Centennial Pavilion. The latter was a series of prefabricated buildings that sat opposite Main Street and the Commercial Hotel. The Centennial Pavilion was a meet...
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1980 to circa 1989
This photograph shows the Union Bank of Australia on the corner of the Square and Coleman Place. This building is still standing [2014] but has been redeveloped into two restaurants. Next door can be seen the C.M. Ross Co Ltd building. This was re...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
View of The Square in Palmerston North. Visible are the DIC building (formerly the CM Ross Building, now home to the Palmerston North City Library) in the background, the lakelet and the Civic Administration Building. The lakelet was constructed i...
Creator: C M Thompson
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
Paper bag from the DIC department store, Palmerston North. Circa 1970s.
Creator: DIC
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970