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The Gigantic Hand Saw, Guardian Pharmacy – 103 River St At one time the present Sunderland Pharmacy was a hardware store. In 1905 this building was owned by Dean Rundle. In 1924 Dean’s son Alastair T. Rundle and his wife Vera carried a complete line of hardware that included tools, carpentry goods and standard household … Read more
Flindell’s Fresh Mart – 97 River St This building is shown on the fire insurance maps of Sunderland in 1904 as a hardware store. In 1929, Wilford Haney bought the building just to the west of the Beale block. Here he sold farm implements and also Moffitt appliances. He had a variety of talents and … Read more
Stop 4 Variety – 111 River St This building was at one time owned by Baker Thompson, and it was a grocery and bakery store. Later, his son James Thompson, ran the business. These men were part of the Sunderland business club in 1926. In pictures of the building in early 1912, there was a … Read more
The Harness Shop – 89 River St To the east of the Beale block is a private residence owned by the Miller family and at one time one of their ancestors, Samuel Charter, had a harness shop at the front of the store. While Sam worked through the day, his father-in-law, James Britton, who was … Read more
The William Doble Home – 32 Albert St About 1857 William Doble and his wife Margaret Ruddy bought this farm from the Jones family. The property was about 90 acres in size. At one time Sunderland was known as Jones’s Corners until the Toronto Nipissing Railway came through in 1868. The home has been in … Read more
Doyle’s General Store – 3 Albert St In 1912, there was a general store on the east side of Albert street located between the McDermott block and the Presbyterian church. The insurance maps show that it was a concrete building. The building was owned by Timothy Pangman, occupied by the Aziz Brothers and W.H. Miller. … Read more
The Sunderland Telephone Company. – 63 River St This company started about 1912 and pictures showing the telephone poles help one estimate the date of payment picture. The shares issued are also dated. For 1912, the telephone office was on the south side of river street to the east of the McDermott Block. It is … Read more
James Doble Home – 3 Cedar St S James Doble was born in 1826 and lived to 1907. He was the brother of William Doble and Margaret Ruddy, who lived at 32 Albert Street. James was a wealthy landowner and had thousands of acres of land between Victoria Corners and Sunderland. It was once said … Read more
William Nassau Doble Home – 12 River St William Nassau Doble was a very smart businessman and retired from farming at the age of 42. He owned several farming properties and later donated some of them to his nephews. At one time he had interest in the Sunderland Telephone Company and bought up many of … Read more
Thomas Welsh Home – 27 River St Thomas Welsh Sr. moved to Sunderland in 1880 at the age of 24. His home was at the southwest corner of River and Cedar Streets. In 1891 he was listed as a grain merchant. He ran Welsh’s grist mill and grain was stored, milled and sold and shipped … Read more