Shown here is The Square looking south-west towards Fitzherbert Street from the corner of Church Street East. This photograph is one of many purchased from the Muir and Moodie Collection held at the Dominion Museum in Wellington. Note the bird cag...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1903 to 1912

After the success of the first Masonic Lodge under the English Constitution (the Manawatu United Masonic Lodge, established in 1877), the Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge No. 47 was formed in 1883 under the Scottish Constitution. In 1908 the Manawatu Kil...

Creator:      Leanne Hickman
Place:          363 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 8, 2019

The timber yard was situated between Main Street East and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue). The railway line in the foreground was a siding which ran from the railway in Main Street to the flour mill and the sash and door factory. The three-stor...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

This panorama of The Square was taken from the tower of the Post Office. Some notable features include the original wooden All Saints Church (visible on the corner of Church Street West and The Square) and the Grand Hotel, built 1906. Scaffolding...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1906 to 1907