This photograph shoes a view of the Square from Main Street East, looking towards Church Street. The railway is running through the centre of Main Street, the Statue of Te Awe Awe can be seen centre right of the photo and was erected in 1907.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1907 to 1910

The fishpond and gardens were designed and constructed by the Beautifying Society in 1906. The fountain was made of concrete and the central rockery of concrete and stone. The quadrant was intersected with diagonal paths, converging on the fish po...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

This postcard is of The Square - Main Street is shown running through the middle of the image. Prominent features of this postcard are the band rotunda and the old Post Office. The original, smaller, structure was built 1899 and moved to the Victo...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909

This photograph looks out over The Square towards the old Post Office. The small structure behind the line of carts and carriages is a taxi stand. The street that bisects the photograph horizontally is Rangitikei Street, which used to run in to Th...

Creator:      John Halford Perrin
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown date to 1908

The lakelet was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North at the time, opened the Lakelet before a crowd on October 27 1909. The Lakelet is shaped as a but...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909 to circa 1910

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

The United Farmers Co-Op Association was previously known as the Manawatu Farmers Co-Op Association.

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1890 to 1900

This postcard must be between 1902 and 1908 because of the presence of both the Coronation Monument (constructed 1902) and the original band rotunda, which was moved to the Victoria Esplanade in 1907.The United Farmers’ Co-operative Association Lt...

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1902 to 1907