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
The Municipal Library on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, was purpose built in 1929, with shops on the street frontage and the library on the first floor. It remained there until 1965, when a new library was built on the corner of ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950
This photograph looks from the top of the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building westwards towards Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). Roscos Department Store is on the left and next to that is the Union...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1940
The photograph looks down The Square, past the Rangitikei Street corner, and along Coleman Place. It is the right section of a three part panorama of The Square. Refer to 2008n_sq324_cmross_1634 and 2007n_sq323_squ_0490 to see the complete image.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1937