Workmen constructing the entrance ramp to the new Palmerston North City Library, which leads from The Square across to George Street. The new City Library was formerly a department store, originally built for C M Ross Co. Ltd in 1928.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Scaffolding is in place on The Square frontage of the new Library. The building was originally built in 1928 as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Architectural plans by Athfield Architects showing the redevelopment of the C M Ross Building and additions to create the new Palmerston North City Library in 1994. The building was originally constructed in 1928, as the C M Ross department store....
Creator: Athfield Architects
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1994
A set of 16 architectural plans showing the pre- and post-development plans for the old C M Ross Building when it was converted into the Palmerston North City Library from 1994-1995. All plans are by Athfield Architects Ltd.
Creator: Athfield Architects
Place: George Street
Date: 1994
Aerial view of the City Library building in the construction phase, looking down onto the George Street section. The building was originally built as the C M Ross department store in 1928, stretching from The Square to George Street. To the right ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North City Library, George Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
An aerial view of the renovations to the former department store that became the City Library. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928, and stretched from The Square to George Street. The constructi...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Workmen on the first floor of the new City Library building during construction. The building was originally constructed in The Square in 1928, by C M Ross as a department store. It subsequently became the Milne and Choyce, DIC and Arthur Barnett ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Aerial view of the construction of the new City Library. The building was originally constructed in 1928, as the C M Ross department store. It was bought by the City Council and converted into the new Library, opening 1996. Beyond can be seen Broa...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The new City Library building was originally built as the C M Ross department store in 1928. It was bought by the City Council and renovated as the new Library, opening 1996. This view is of the conversion of the former tearooms on the second floo...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The new City Library was originally constructed as the C M Ross department store in 1928. This view from the third floor stairwell looks through to a section of the original Square facade, above the newly constructed ramp way entrance to the Library.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The City Council bought the Arthur Barnett department store in 1992, converting it into the new City Library, which opened in 1996. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store in 1928, and was subsequently owned...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
This view shows part of the Children’s Zone near completion, awaiting furniture and fixtures. The new City Library was originally built as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store in 1928.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 1996
A view of George Street (looking towards Cuba Street) showing the construction of the City Library and retail spaces.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: George Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
This view shows part of the new City Library, on the second floor, during the reconstruction stage. The pillars and ceilings are part of the original C M Ross department store, built 1928 in The Square. The building was bought by the Palmerston No...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Looking across Main Street, towards the construction of the new Administration Building of the Palmerston North City Council. This was part of a new Civic Complex on the former Railway land in Palmerston North. Stage 2 was begun in December 1975 a...
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 11, 1975
The new City Library was originally the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, built 1928. Dr Michael Ross, a Professor of Public Health and Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas, is a great grandson of C M Ross, the founder of the company.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 15, 1996
The article discusses the conversion of the former Arthur Barnett department store building in the new Library, by Mainzeal construction company.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 22, 1996
Athfield Architects design team members John Hardwick-Smith and Clare Athfield discuss the design of the new City library.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 22, 1996
A human book chain was used to transport some of the books from the former Public Library to the new Library on the opposite side of The Square. Children and Army personnel helped to transport books. The purple cushion was made by Tessa Burt, a st...
Creator: PNCC
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: May 1996
5 sheets of architectural plans by Athfield Architects Ltd. showing the proposed redevelopment of the Palmerston North Public Library and George Street shops. Plans show ground, mezzanine, first, second and third floor changes. Dated February 1994.
Creator: Athfield Architects
Place: George Street
Date: 1994
A new City Library was opened in Palmerston North in 1996. The building was originally constructed in The Square as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store. It was subsequently owned by Milne and Choyce, DIC and Arthur Barnett. It was bought by the C...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The new City Library was originally built as the C M Ross department store in The Square, in 1928, and was also owned and operated by Milne and Choyce, DIC and Arthur Barnett. It was bought by the City Council and renovated as the Public Library, ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
A 330mm long engraved stainless steel trowel with a wooden handle. The trowel was used for the topping off ceremony to mark the completion of the major building structures in the construction of the present Palmerston North City Library Building o...
Date: September 15, 1995