Robert Doble Home – 48 River St
Floyd apparently took the security of his home seriously. He kept a shotgun near the heating vent in his upstairs bedroom, directly above the front entrance.
That detail eventually became part of one of Sunderland’s local ghost stories.
According to the story, when the house was later offered for sale, a prospective buyer went through the supposedly empty building and encountered an elderly gentleman sitting in a rocking chair in an upstairs bedroom. The old man spoke to the visitor and assured him that this would be a good home.
The prospective buyer subsequently mentioned the encounter to the real estate agent—only to be told that nobody was living in the house.
The sale, perhaps understandably, did not go through.
Local legend maintains that Floyd Doble still sits in his rocking chair, keeping watch over the entrance to his old River Street home.
In later years, the Robert Doble house became home to an antique shop called the Glass Garage. Many of the antiques sold there came from the estate of West Doble, continuing another connection between this property and Sunderland’s extensive Doble family history.
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. 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. “Old” Fire Hall – 5 Church St N
35. The Sunderland Memorial Arena – 20 Park St