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er of Isaac and
etteied by a
store -operated by fisher
on, Inforxnation "on the
Iding is uncertain prior *0 1880
isthoughVtohave been built
'S and to have blew
pied sneeesSively. by Smith
Foster, Sinith and Kilter.
Fisher, and Fisher and
0, :the latter as.early as 1872
'Up to 18110. It is known that
rto 1880 there was a wood
re to the south on Isaac Street
;anted from the corner store
.$f" all alley, old that there were
two wooden stores to the west on
oteStreet occupied in 1880 by
Smith's tailoring shop and John
Jackson, shoemaker.
- • In April, 1880, a fire originating
in Smith's tailor shop Severely
damaged. Fisher and ' Barton's,
;Smith's and Jackson's, and it is
believed that the nresent
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bufldlngs ft�m the Pi and
StrfPper antlque shop on Unite
Street to Groves tV anit Ap
Plianees on Huron 4trie4t4Iv_are
built 41 1184 following the, rice,
There is, however, some am
biguous evidence that suggests
that at least giart of this group Or
buildings was built in 1892* and
architecturat differences in the
building suggests different dates
of constriction. The contract Ter
the corner store is recorded in the,
newspaper as having been let to
Cooper and Mackenzie viriese
partnership, was dissolved in
1882, which suggests construction
prior to 1882.
The initial owner of the
Wilding as John O. Elliott who
let the tract to Cooper cold
Mackenzie, and the group of
hoiklin0 has usually been known
as the 'Elliott Block. It is un-
derstood, however, that ' M.
Elliott named the corner the
Oven Block, Oven being his
middle name and the maiden
name of his mother.
The pillar at the corner
.20 scat crushing pkint
•once near London Bridge
20—Brow of the north hank
of the Bayfield River
on the London Road
Belfry's. Salt Refinery
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About 1870,3.1!. Belfry erected
a "salt crushing and spice mint!.
"just at the brow, of the hill before
the London Road bridge is
reached". The main operation of
the plant seems to have been
refining salt for table use. It had
gone out of business by 1875 when
Ransford Brothers bought the
salt grinding equipment and
4,11tioved it to their works.
. There was a rumour that the
budding was to be converted to a.
cooper shop for the manufacture
of wooden wash tubs. but this
business seems not to have
materialized. In May of 1880 the
*binding was reported as
going to ruin -the sinokestaek had
fallen through the roorzind the
engine was falling apart,- but in
July. Cooper and Mackenzie (see
30) were using the building as a
storehouse.
In' the following year they
moved it to the premises of their
planing lL,and4hthini
machinery was sold to a bending
factory in Bothwell.
doctrWOwas not ,
°MO** design, -and Sena* ttt
have been added in emulation ef
the Royal Bank pillar across the
street some time atter 1909 When.
MorriShes occupied the Corner
location. Some of the occupants
ei the present corner have been:
Fisher and Barton who called
their store The Montreal !lease;
Pay and Wiseman, 1893 to 1189; •
Newc.ombes, 1698; Ifedgens
Eirotliers INK; Morrish and
s1909; Morrlsbes till *Wit
t grocery; and
t'rhompson a grocery.-
This: Long succession s of cc
cupants is in contrast to the
ece4Penee Of Norman Counter's
jewelry store in the Elliott Mod;
on Isaac Street. Mr. Counter's
father, WA. Counter, carne to
Clinton as a jeweller, in nos,
buying out the jeweiery business
of J.R. Rumba', in the location
now occupied by the Clinton
chiropractic Centre, in -the
iie0enwce1Hs store at actni Albert e lte:
central, and inciden Ilif was
commOdated the 1•., . one
empowered tO issue: ninrringe
in 1900 the telephone_comParlY
required additional space and
acquiredthe Whole --store.
Therewith Mr. Counter moved to
the present- Location where 'the
business has been ever since.
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Th� casion sSir Wiitte1 Laurieris visit on optentber IStig.The
view looking wet down flown Street from the main intersection.
The large building about the middle of the photois the Commercial
Rotel. The lady in the foreground is on a crosswalk that gave '
same protection against the mud or dust on the road.
22 - Wet of Shell
Station on Huron
22. South of the
Elliott Block onihe
west side of Huron Street
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On the site of the acant ser-
vice station on Huron Street south
of the Elliott Block. George
•Fultoe built the Victoria Hotel in
18 .; From riot ;..
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prize at the Ottawa Exhibition
and was widely sold thereafter. It
was at first manufactured in Mr.
Grant's shop. but In 1887
manufacture was transferred to
the Ooderich Foundry Company.
- 1875 Mr. Grant invented a
device incorporating emery
wheels for removing the build-up,
of gum from the teeth of large
circular saws.
100 bil 819 the blacksmith shop was
• pulled down and a house was to
be built on the site. -
1853, Little is known of -this hotel.
Some of the proprietors were:
George Fulton ;• J. Shaw. 1864;
and T. Llo3rd, 1865. Between 1865
and 1869 the Victoria Hotel was
app.areittly demolished and
replaced by the Commercial
Hotel, built, -of brick. thefirst
recorded Patterson in 1989. Some of
the subsequent owners or
operators were: James Moore.
prior to 1888: W.R. Smith. 1888;
Mr. Watson. prior to 1891; Mr.
Schaffer, 1891; Mason and Bell.
189-1 to 1896: Mr. Bell. after 1896:
John McCaughey. 1905; and .1.D.
Weis after 1905.
InformatiOn has not been ob-
tained on the further history of
the Commercial. It is thought to
have Survived as a hotel until
after the First World • War. ft is
known that sometime after the
war definitely by 1925, its upper
floor was removed and that as a
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