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Robert Doble Home – 48 River St Robert Doble was a nephew of the banker James Doble. After Robert died in 1949, his son Floyd Doble left the farm on the 4th of Brock and lived in this house. Floyd kept a shotgun near the heating vent in his bedroom above the front door. Rumor … Read more
The Early Undertaker – 96 River St The earliest undertaker in the area was G. A. Leach in the Atlas of 1877 for the county of Ontario. Most undertakers also had a business making and selling furniture. In the early days, the family held the funeral service at the home of a relative and then … Read more
The Printing Shop – 98 River St On the map of 1910, this building is divided into two parts. To the west the store sold implements and to the east there was a print shop. From 1907 to 1940, Wesley Christopher Miller ran a grocery store here with the help of his daughter Mabel. Harry … Read more
108 River Street – 108 River Street This home at one time belonged to Ada Marquis. Her family lived near Leaskdale and she was a very close friend to Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of green Gables. In 1920 she was married to Robert Dusto by Reverend Ewan McDonald, Lucy’s husband, Bob Dusto, … Read more
The Sunderland Memorial Arena 1948-2009 – 20 Park St The Brock Memorial Community Center arena was built in 1948 at a cost of $20,000. It had a large ice surface and seating capacity for 1,400 people. This was a project organized by the members of the Sunderland Legion Branch, number 140. Stanley Miller, James A. … Read more
The Beall Block – 93 River St This set of three buildings was named after George Beale who lived from 1872 until 1939. Currently it contains on the east, Kathy’s Country Cuts Hair Salon, Le Petit Fleur flower shop, and to the west, Katie’s Coffee House. On the map of 1910 there’s a barber shop … Read more
Taylor’s Store – 85 River St In 1870, Henry Conlon tore down a shed and stable at this site and a general store was built here. About the start of the 1900s, Matthew Taylor opened his general store at the southwest corner of Albert and River Street. This business was passed on to his son … Read more
The Sunderland Presbyterian Church – 5 Albert St King Edwards Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 464 G.R.C The original church was built just north of the Sunderland Cemetery and in about 1875 after the Toronto Nipissing Railroad came through Sunderland, a new church was built at this location. The Insurance maps of 1910 show that … Read more
The McDermott Block – 1 Albert Street S Nowadays, the southeast corner of Albert and River streets is the Foxfires Restaurant. Years ago, in 1949, there was a whole block of buildings here. Built around 1870, these buildings were originally known as the Porritt Block and pictures of them are shown in the Ontario County … Read more
The Bank – River Street (CIBC) – 74 River St Today, the CIBC bank sits on the northeast corner of river and Albert Streets. In 1902, a branch of the Western bank of Canada opened in Sunderland. The maps of 1904 show the bank as the Western Bank, but by 1910 it shows it had … Read more