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 by railcar. In 1916 he had a steam generator that ran the mill by day and provided hydro to Sunderland at night until midnight.
In 1950 this business became the Sunderland Co-Op. Thomas Welsh was the postmaster from 1894 until 1925. At that time his son Art ran the post office until 1939, and his wife Ruby Miller ran it during the war until 1945. Arthur bought a farm north of the CIBC bank in 1924 that was on Doble Lane and owned by Alexander Haddon. Art was a pilot in World War I and in command of an anti-tank battery in World War II and later the MPP for the Muskoka Ontario riding.
In 1945 art was decorated by General Montgomery for his brave actions in the Italian campaign in World War II. He was the Sheriff of Ontario county until 1965. He retired in 1955 and moved with his wife Ruby Miller to Whitby.
The house in Sunderland went to his son Tom Welch in 1956. In 1906 the house had a white picket fence and a wooden porch on the southeast side. In 1920, a new cement porch was added to the north and east side of the house. It had large pillars to support upper balconies and a large maple tree on the northeast corner of the lot.
2. Saint Andrews United Church – 10 Church St N
3. Sunderland Town Hall – 120 River St
4. Dr. Joseph Henry Oliver Home – 128 River St
5. St. Mary’s Anglican Church – 134 River St
6. Dr. James McDermott Home – 160 River St
7. The Fogg House – 198 River St
8. The Blacksmith Shop – 135 River St
9. The Nipissing House Hotel – 123 River St
10. Stop 4 Variety – 111 River St
11. The Old Drug Store – 108 River St
12. The Gigantic Hand Saw, Guardian Pharmacy – 103 River St
13. Flindell’s Fresh Mart – 97 River St
14. The Beall Block – 93 River St
15. The Harness Shop – 89 River St
16. Taylor’s Store – 85 River St
17. The William Doble Home – 32 Albert St
18. The Sunderland Presbyterian Church – 5 Albert St
19. Doyle’s General Store – 3 Albert St
20. The McDermott Block – 1 Albert Street S
21. The Sunderland Telephone Company. – 63 River St
22. James Doble Home – 3 Cedar St S
23. William Nassau Doble Home – 12 River St
24. Thomas Welsh Home – 20 River St
25. Robert Doble Home – 48 River St
26. The Bank – River Street (CIBC) – 74 River St
27. The Brock House Hotel – 82 River St
28. The Hardware Store – 92 River St
29. The Early Undertaker – 96 River St
30. The Printing Shop – 98 River St
31. The Magic Door – 100 River St
32. The Sunderland Legion – 104 River St
33. 108 River Street – 108 River Street
34. Freeze Creamery – 5 Church St N
35. The Sunderland Memorial Arena 1948-2009 – 20 Park St