This postcard of the Square shows the South side of the Square, from Church Street West to Main Street West. The buildings, from left, are: the old All Saints Church, The Grand Hotel, The Daily Times, Watchorn's Jewellers, R Hannah Bootmaker, Will...

Creator:      W Park No W P 10
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1910

The junction of Duke Street (now Princess Street) and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) is in the foreground of this colour postcard. The large house on the left stands on the site of the present "Princeway Buildings", on the corner of Princess S...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The building was decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The Royal Civic dinner was held in the Rosco tearooms on the 2nd floor. C M Ross Co. Ltd ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1954

This postcard from the early 1900s shows the Post Office (build 1905-1906, far right) with the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe in front. Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1907 to 1918

A train is running through The Square while people sit on seats alongside. At this time The Square was divided into 5 areas. The central strip contained the train lines, gardens, and a Band Rotunda and the King Edward VII Coronation monument (now ...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1902 to circa 1907

Looking across the Square from Rangitikei Street on the right to Coleman Place on the left. The Clarendon Hotel is the building on the left. It was first built in the early 1870s, but destroyed by fire on 28 January 1904. The brick building was bu...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1907

This hand-tinted postcard shows three men hiking through the Turitea Stream.

Creator:      Unknown

This postcard reads, "Miss M Neal, C/o Goodman Post Office Motueka, Nelson - Dear Myra, it is such a pretty place here I wish I was staying longer. Hoping you are quite well, love to all. From Eva." Visible in the image, (from left) Municipal Cham...

Creator:      Whalley and Co.
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1909

This colour postcard looks across The Square towards Main Street East. The two-storey building with a tower is the old Post Office. Built in 1906, the Post Office was Palmerston North’s fourth. Due to the risks in an earthquake, the clock tower wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906 to 1909

On the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue is the Occidental Hotel, which was built in 1887 and later burnt down in 1891. When re-built, it took over the shops that had been destroyed in the original fire. On the opposite side of Fitzherbert Avenue is th...

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

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The kiosk was built in 1909 and demolished in 1943.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1909

A photograph of a man sitting by The Lakelet in The Square.

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

Massey University main entrance is bottom centre between the trees off Old West Road. Following the entrance way around, the square to the left in the trees is the original University Swimming Pool, straight ahead is the Main Lecture rooms, which ...

Creator:      Whites Aviation Ltd, Auckland NZ
Date:          1950 to 1952

To the left of the Band Rotunda is the original All Saints Church. It was replaced with the current brick structure in 1914-1915. On the corner of Church Street and The Square is the Provincial Hotel. It burned down 3 January 1906 and was replaced...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1902

Built in 1906, the Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street was Palmerston North’s fourth. Due to the risks in an earthquake, the clock tower was removed in 1942. They were re-purposed for the Hopwood Clock Tower. In 1988, when Tele...

Creator:      Whalley and Co.
Date:          March 18, 1909

From left: All Saints Church (built in 1875), Provincial Hotel (burnt down on 3 January 1906 and replaced by the Grand Hotel), Daily Times newspaper office (operated in these premises until 1933), R Leary's Chemists (operated in these premises unt...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1905

The only clearly distinguishable building in this postcard is the Central Hotel and the Manawatu Land Agency nearby. The Central Hotel was built in the 1890s on the corner of Andrew Young Street and Main Street (having relocated from The Square). ...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

This postcard looks up Broad Street, now Broadway Avenue, from the Square. The visible buildings, from left, are: the Royal Hotel; NZ Clothing Factory. The yellow building on the right is the Bank of Australasia, constructed around 1878. See Sq22.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1894 to 1915

This early colour postcard depicts four carriages making their way through The Square. The building with the clock tower to the right of the postcard is Palmerston North's fourth post office. Though the tower and clock mechanism were removed after...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905 to 1906

This punt was in operation from 1895 until 1909. It was the second punt to operate on the Manawatu River at Ashhurst, the first being in use from 1871 until the construction of the first bridge in 1886. The bridge (in the background) was damaged i...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1900

The Napier Express is shown leaving the Palmerston North Railway Station. This postcard shows the old Main Street Railway Station, which operated from 1890 to 1963.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1908 to circa 1909

A hand-tinted postcard that shows a view of corner of Church Street and Fitzherbert Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1900

In 1890, the Palmerston North Reserves Act resulted in 39 acres along the bank of the Manawatu River set aside for the development of a park. The first development occurred in 1897 when a metal path was formed at the Fitzherbert Ave end. The whole...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1910