The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. It originally had a much more ornate external appearance but in 1952 it was condemned unsafe by...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1976

The Evening Standard in Main Street East, near the corner of The Square. The third Public Library was situated in the wooden building to the left of the Evening Standard office. This particular building was constructed in 1897, and originally serv...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street East, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

This image looks south-west along Church Street.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Church Street East, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1977

The building shown here was the second Presbyterian Church in Palmerston North, built in 1893 for the Rev. William Thomson and his congregation, to replace the 1878 structure. This building was in turn replaced by the present building, completed i...

Creator:      Maurice Thompson
Place:          388 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950s

The building shown here was the second Presbyterian Church in Palmerston North, built in 1893 for the Rev. William Thomson and his congregation, to replace the 1878 structure. This building was in turn replaced by the present building, completed i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          388 Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

"Bennett & Co's Souvenir Views of Palmerston North and Feilding, Published by Bennett & Co., Palmerston North." This booklet contained a variety of popular views from Palmerston North and Feilding, including churches in town towns, Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North / Feilding / Pohangina
Date:          circa 1899

Ten young women, members of a Bible Class at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Palmerston North. Agnes (‘Aggie’) Chapman, second daughter of local sheep and dairy farmer William is seated, front row, centre. For many years an employee in C. M....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1923

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North 1879-1902 Jubilee Souvenir, Containing a Sketch of the History of St Andrew's Church for the past Fifty Years, with Photographs and Illustrations.

Creator:      Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
Place:          Church Street East
Date:          1929

Group photo of young women outside St Andrew’s Church, Palmerston North. Seated, centre, is Jessie Moore Chapman, eldest daughter of local sheep and dairy farmer William Chapman. Jessie and her elder brother John were among the initial intake o...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1928

This postcard shows the interior of the second St Andrew's church, erected in 1893 on the same site as the present St Andrews [2017]. This building was demolished in the 1950s.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1910