This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank, on a trip to Auckland.

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Albert Park, Auckland
Date:          1910s

This fountain was located in the western quadrant of The Square - this photograph shows it before the Coronation monument for Edward VII was shifted to sit within the fountain in 1925. The spire on the far left is that of the Catholic Church, then...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

The Coronation Fountain was first constructed near the centre of The Square in 1902. It was moved in 1926 to accommodate the new war memorial that commemorated those who fell in WWI.

The fountain sat in its new position in The Square, opposite w...

Creator:      Palmerston North Borough Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1926

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31October 1958: "The fountain in the Square gardens was today turned into a wishing well for the Jaycee Market Day. The photograph shows some of the people who used the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 1958

Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. Looking across Butterfly Lakelet with fountain, to the corner of The Square and Church Street West. From the left of the picture can be seen Young Fruit Supply, the Municipal Chambers, All Saints' Churc...

Creator:      Terry Finnerty
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

This is the memorial dedicated to the memory of officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps (1914-1918) who were trained the Awapuni Racecourse. It was erected in 1929. The memorial is a stone cairn fountain, inside a pool constructed in the...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, w...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          October 20, 2016

The centre of this image is the King Edward VII Memorial Fountain, with people sit in the benches that surround it. The photograph shows it in on its second site, in the middle of the pond near the Coleman Mall corner of The Square. The fountain w...

Creator:      Clarice Parlane
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...

Creator:      Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          September 15, 2014

The fountain in the foreground of this postcard once stood is in western quadrant of The Square, in front of where the Central Library now sits [2017]. It is shown here before the Coronation monument for Edward VII was added on top (1925). The bui...

Creator:      Aldersley Series
Date:          1912

This colour image of The Square shows the quadrant nearest to the corner of Church Street West.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1977

This photograph is one of four views of Church Street taken by Alf Taylor in the 1950s. This view looks through The Lakelet onto the corner of Church Street West and The Square. On the left is the old Municipal Chambers (now Square Edge). The larg...

Creator:      A Taylor
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows some of the early work in clearing the site. The work was carried out by the 2nd Health Support Battalion of the ...

Creator:      Evan Greensides, for the Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          Awapuni Racecourse, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          September 15, 2014

"A story unto it's self." Fountains in the Butterfly pond at the Square.

Creator:      Thane Zander
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          2009

The Square was laid out as a reserve in the original plans for the town of Palmerston North. In the early 1900s the Beautifying Society laid out the first formal gardens, culminating in the lakelet, sometimes referred to as the Butterfly Lake due ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 3, 2010

The fountain was erected to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII in August 1902. It also commemorates the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Borough of Palmerston North, and the reaching of city status in 1930. It was originally...

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

The large building in the background is Coles Building, on the corner of Main Street West and the Square. This site is now occupied by the Council Administration Building (CAB), which is the PNCC headquarters. On the opposite side of the Street is...

Creator:      Duncan and Co., Auckland [?]
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

The butterfly lakelet (named for its shape) was built in 1909. The water jets were added in 1966.

Creator:      Gordon Koberstein
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

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

From left: T Shield's, unidentified Hardware Merchants, Johnston and Simm Land Agents, Andrew Millar, E O Hurley, Rough Rider Clothing Company, James McEwen Claredon Hotel, Rangitikei Street, The Royal Hotel, New Zealand Clothing Company, Unidenti...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

This photograph of The Square Taken was in the vicinity of the Evening Standard building. In the foreground is the Lakelet (or Butterfly Lake), followed by the Phoenix Palms that once lived in The Square. The tall building to the right is the The ...

Creator:      Joe Sing Candids, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1974

A view of the Lakelet quadrant in The Square, looking across to the corner of Church Street west. From left: The Manawatu Standard building (obscured by trees), the Municipal Chambers of the Palmerston North City Council (obscured by trees), All S...

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          338 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 13, 1967

The reverse reads: "Looking across the butterfly shaped lake and fountain in the Square Gardens towards the National Mutual Building, which is built on the site where Palmerston North's first Town Hall, Library, and Council Offices stood in 1876."

Creator:      Batyprint
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

This photograph shows the corner of Church Street West and The Square. The buildings are: The Evening Standard Building (built 1937, demolished 1974 - new premises were constructed that same year), Poulsen's Radio Service and Home Cookery Restaura...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

A project got underway in 2014 to clean up and restore the Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse. This photograph shows the site under construction at the June 30 2016 work day. The memorial, dedicated to the memory of officers and m...

Creator:      Darren Beck
Date:          June 30, 2016

The Awapuni Memorial at the Palmerston North Racecourse was rededicated after its refurbishment, on 20 October 2016. The memorial was originally erected at the Race course in 1929, to commemorate the New Zealand Medical Corps, who trained there ah...

Creator:      Lesley Courtney - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          67 Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          October 20, 2016

Several groups of people can be seen enjoying the facilities offered in The Square in this postcard. The image looks towards the corner of Rangitikei Street. This fountain is in western quadrant - it is shown here before the Coronation monument fo...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

The Lakelet was constructed and developed by the Beautifying Society in October 1909. It is shaped in the form of a butterfly, with the bridge across the serving as the body. It is also referred to as the Butterfly Lake.

Creator:      G R Kay
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This image is from a series of souvenir cards that show various locations around Palmerston North. This card shows a foutain in The Square, designed and constructed by the Beautifying Society in 1906. The fountain was made of concrete and the cent...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1925 to 1930