This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 June 1961 "Now adorning the Palmerston North City Council chambers, this magnificent banquet table and the two formal chairs behind it were used by the Queen and the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 28, 1961

Garners began in The Square, Palmerston North 7 February 1906 with a small drapery business. Three years later Miss M M Garner & Miss H M Garner went into business with her brother Henry they became “Garner and Garner'. In 1930 Keith Garner joi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

'Totaranui' was built in Fitzroy Street by Peter Manson, a sawmiller, c1875. It is one of the oldest remaining houses in Palmerston North. It was built of locally milled totara and was named 'Totara-nui', meaning large totara, by Manson. It remain...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

"Kaingahou" in Palmerston North was built for Ditlev Monrad after he retired from Karere in 1905. He died in 1908. The house was later owned by the Kendall family, Mr R A Swan, Mrs Helen Beckman and Bodil and Gunner Petersen. The 3500 square foot ...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The house at 7 Heatley Avenue was built c1870s, and originally stood in Ihaka Street. In the 1970s it was owned by Mr and Mrs A F Fontein.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          7 Heatley Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          September 6, 1975

Andrews and Sons Furnishings was founded by Mr Alfred Andrews on a half acre section in Rangitikei Street in 1902. In 1915 two sons, A J and F N Andrews, took over the factory and small shop at the front of the building. This photograph shows the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          228 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

C M Ross established his 'Bon Marche' store on the Square in 1883. By this period the business extended through to George Street, although it is unknown if the buildings connected. the building to the left, on the corner of Coleman Place was a boa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

A home appliance display at Garners Store. Garners began in The Square, Palmerston North 7 February 1906 with a small drapery business. Three years later Miss M M Garner went into business with her brothers and they became “Garner and Garner'. In ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Between Main Street and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1959

Kaingahou was built for Dilev Monrad 1903 - 1904, on what was then called Foxton Line. After being sold in 1913 there have been various owners, including George Kendall, followed by his daughter 1913 - 1973, and Bodil and Gunner Petersen 1983 - 2002.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          642 Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1975

Built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, the house was bought by John Henderson Pollock Strang in 1903 and extensively renovated and extended. During 1908-1910 the house was leased by Strang to the Crown for use as the residence of Lord Plunket, Go...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Taken when the Estate was occupied by John MacLennan and family c1890.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

The house at 104 Napier Road, opposite Keith Street, no longer stands at this address (2010).

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          104 Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1981