This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31October 1958: "The fountain in the Square gardens was today turned into a wishing well for the Jaycee Market Day. The photograph shows some of the people who used the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 April 1958, page 8: "The picture is of the original rustic bridge in the Square Gardens, which was opened by the then Mayor, the late Mr. J.A. Nash in 1910. This str...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 5, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 October 1958: "A section of the large crowd of bargain hunters who early today thronged the section of the Square containing the stalls for the Jaycee Market Day. A w...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 October 1958: "Office workers in the city were among the residents who enjoyed today's sunshine, and many found the Square gardens at lunchtime to their liking. Here ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1958

This photograph consists of two views. One is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Square with the Post Office (erected 1905-1906, now Highflyers Restaurant & Bar [2014]) in the background. The second is of the bridge over the lakelet in the Squa...

Creator:      A Rickard, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1925

Building, from left: [1] Victoria Buildings - built in 1901, demolished c 1928. [2] Bradfield, "The Cash Grocers" [3] The Crown Studios, Whalley and Co. Photographers [4] W Pegden, furnishing warehouse. Established in 1882 by Simmonds and Pegden a...

Creator:      Martin Alderson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

Buildings, from left: Nash building?; ?; ?; Garner Brothers; ?; Cyril K Whale; J B Wilton; Star Cycles; Commercial Hotel; Cameron's Royal Hotel; the New Zealand Clothing Factory; ? ; ? Tobacconist; Thacker; De Luen Brothers - Tailors; Stockwell De...

Creator:      Martin Alderson, Palmerston North
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

This small photograph album belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "View PN from Ross's Building". This photograph was shot from the top of Rosco's Department Store, now the City Library and Community Ser...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1928

This photograph shows the portion of the Square that once housed the King Edward Coronation Monument. It is now a block of car parks. The monument is partially obscured by a tree, but the top of the statue can be seen in this photograph. it was mo...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1965

Looking across the Square, probably from the DIC building. The old Post Office is on the left of the photograph and the library building is opposite it. The library moved to its current home in the old CM Ross building in 1996. The old library bui...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1965

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

The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. The Hopwood Clock Tower was built in 1957, built with a donation from Arthur Hopwood. The clock chi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1957 to circa 1960

The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909 and the cannon was placed in the Square gardens in April or May of the same year. The buildings that are visible are DM George's drapery business (left), the Occidental Hotel (middle) and the Bank of New...

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

This postcard shows the lakelet and cannon in one quadrant of the Square. Two cannons, surplus to Defence Department requirements, were acquired by the City Council and displayed in the Square from 1909-1939. The Lakelet was built in 1909 by the B...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

In the foreground is the Bank of Australia. This bank was constructed in 1910 – 1911 after a smaller wooden building on the site burnt down in 1910. It later became the “The Union Bank of Australia”, then the ANZ bank. In 1981 the ANZ moved and Co...

Creator:      A W Schaef
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1906 to 1910

The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North 1908-1923, opened the Lakelet before a crowd on 27 October 19...

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

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., Crown Studios
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown date to 1907

The Clarendon building is on the left and the Bank of New Zealand is on the right.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Note the dome of the Hotel Midland (centre background). Visible in this photograph: [1] Te Awe Awe Statue, erected by Rangitane Tribe in 1907. [2] Band Rotunda, built 1907 and demolished 1956. [3] War Memorial, unveiled 7 February 1926, also calle...

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

The Commercial Hotel on the corner of Main Street West and the Square was first built in 1881, the photograph here shows this first building. It is described in the Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 1, p 1183 with a verandah and balcony. It burnt down...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1882 to circa 1889

The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North 1908-1923, opened the Lakelet before a crowd on 27 October 19...

Creator:      Miss Oakley
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

This small photograph album belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "Nessie Square PN April 1928".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1928