The Grand hotel was constructed in 1906, with the original plans showing 66 bedrooms, 2 conservatories, one shop facing the square and a large dining room. It was designed by NZ architect Mr Maddison and built by Mr James Trevor (Trevor Bros). The...
Creator: Elizabeth Creamer
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel which was gutted by fire. In 1985 the then owners, Manawatu Holdings Ltd, converted the top floors into commercial offices and retail space.
Creator: Elizabeth Creamer
Place: Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
These images were taken for the Tribune weekly newspaper but may not have been published as no article was identified. The negatives had no accompanying information beyond the year ‘1978’.
They depict the installation of traffic dividers in Chur...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1978
These images were taken for the Tribune weekly newspaper but may not have been published as no article was identified. The negatives had no accompanying information beyond the year ‘1978’.
They depict the installation of traffic dividers in Chur...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1978
These images were taken for the Tribune weekly newspaper but may not have been published as no article was identified. The negatives had no accompanying information beyond the year ‘1978’.
They depict the installation of traffic dividers in Chur...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1978
These images were taken for the Tribune weekly newspaper but may not have been published as no article was identified. The negatives had no accompanying information beyond the year ‘1978’.
They depict the installation of traffic dividers in Chur...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1978
One of a series of postcards donated anonymously to the Ian Matheson City Archives. The postcards are addressed variously to a Mrs R. Fergusson of Rose Bank, Halcombe and Miss Elsie Simpson of Manchester Street, Feilding.
To the left of the Band ...
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 28, 1911
Looking across The Square to the Grand Hotel, built 1906. To the left can be seen the Occidental Hotel opposite the Bank of New Zealand, on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. In the foreground can be seen the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe erected i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1908
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Visible in the background is All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1914 and the Grand Hotel constucted in 1906 by Trevor and Sons.
In the foregro...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Church Street and The Square
Date: 1916 to 1918
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel, The Square, where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North on 7 and 8 January 1954, as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: January 1954
The royal couple can be seen on the balcony of the Grand Hotel, The Square, where they stayed overnight. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North on 7 and 8 January 1954, as part of their tour of New Zealand 1953-1954.
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: January 1954
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.
Visible in the background is All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1914 and the Grand Hotel constucted in 1906 by Trevor and Sons.
In the foregr...
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Corner of Church Street and The Square
Date: 1916 to 1918
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Everitt, and Mr. Noel Sheffield Everitt, originally of Masterton, visited Palmerston North for their honeymoon in 1942. The items in this collection are the result of their stay at the Grand Hotel (The Square).
Place: 333 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1942
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Everitt, and Mr. Noel Sheffield Everitt, originally of Masterton, visited Palmerston North for their honeymoon in 1942. The items in this collection are the result of their stay at the Grand Hotel (The Square).
The menu reads,...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 333 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1942
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Everitt, and Mr. Noel Sheffield Everitt, originally of Masterton, visited Palmerston North for their honeymoon in 1942. The items in this collection are the result of their stay at the Grand Hotel (The Square).
Place: 333 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1942
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Everitt, and Mr. Noel Sheffield Everitt, originally of Masterton, visited Palmerston North for their honeymoon in 1942. The items in this collection are the result of their stay at the Grand Hotel (The Square).
Place: 333 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1942
This view of Te Marae o Hine, The Square, looks towards the corner with Church Street West, showng All Saints' Church (built 1914 and the Grand Hotel (built 1906).
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Date: circa 1937
This view of the southwestern quadrant of Te Marae o Hine, The Square, comes from a postcard, sent from A. W. Koehlev to Blaramerg, dated 12/02/1914. The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 on the site of the former Provincial Hotel. The Manawatū Daily ...
Date: 1906 to 1907
These buses are thought to be dual door, 31 seater New Zealand Motor Bodies (NZMB) 'Steelbilt' bodies built between 1945 and 1948. The photographer is unknown, but the image was likely taken on behalf of Omnibus Manager Reg Crutchley.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1945 to 1948
A Palmerston North street view with the "Sportsman" sporting goods specialist in the foreground, and the Grand Hotel in the background. All Saints Church spires can be see behind this street view. This site is now the location for the Palmerston N...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. of the Square and Main Street East, Palmerston North
Date: 1975?
[Photograph of cyclists and spectators congregating outside the Grand Hotel, before the final stage of the Dulux cycle race, as they prepare to cycle to Wellington.]
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 5, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 September, 1959. "A fine Saturday morning and a job of work to do. But the job became complicated when the rope binding came undone and 24 bales of paper crashed to ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Church Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1959
This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 6th March, 1963. [Four men, two shaking hands and one dressed as a woman, standing opposite the Grand Hotel.]
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 29, 1963
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28th March, 1963. "Two city pipe bands left early this morning on their way to Rotorua. They will compete in the national championships which will be held from Friday un...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 28, 1963
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June, 1959. "The coaxial cable which is at the moment being laid from Wellington to Palmerston North is very near the end of its journey, it is on its last stage now....
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 23, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 July, 1959. "City Council workmen in the Square are seen turfing the broken edges of a footpath. The turf will cement the crumbling edges and save the cost of comple...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: July 16, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6th December 1965 "Sixty Birthright children went to the Wellington Zoo by buses provided by the Palmerston North Lions Club. The children were under the supervision of ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 4, 1965
A Palmerston North street view with the "Sportsman" sporting goods specialist and G.M.l. House Ltd. This is on the site of the current Palmerston North Civic Administration Building. [Tattor & Son Dentists is written on the front of the building b...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. of the Square and Main Street East, Palmerston North
Date: 1975?
Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. Looking across Butterfly Lakelet and its bridge, to the corner of The Square and Church Street West. From the left of the picture, in the background can be seen the Municipal Chambers, All Saints' Churc...
Creator: Terry Finnerty
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 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