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eegmiller s
nnery below
ghthouse....,,.
page 78
:gist, for $1,750. The
e there now belongs to
Bell.
e Signal stated that
miller first ran a tannery
ow the lighthouse" -- on
or flats—until (in 1857)
wght "Spring Lots 3 and
on the north side of
donia terrace, and there
perhaps 17 years a tan -
was operated by the
millers.
the July 2, 1867 issue: of
Signal, reproduced In
ennial year, there is a
1 advertisement by
Seegmiller, Twine
rs in leather findings,
etc. Goderich, C.W
Canadian Directory
61 lists "Jac
:miller, tanner an
maker."
y "Spring" lots? We
were at the time sever
gs along that bank. On
ed trouble when the ne
ay bridge was buil
eis a spring still, the lat
Saunders recalled
the bank from th
ester terrace hous
is now the residence o
ustice Donnelly.
e Goderich resident
yet venerable ca
ber racing to and from
'tanbark" at Centra
(recess. The tanbark a
d of North Street was in
nee, of course, for many
s after the tannery
ed. All tanneries used
'mostly hemlock --in
hides. The bark im-
d in boiling water
a solution in the vats
finishing of leather. In
signal of July 2, 1867,
Savage advertised for
cords of hemlock bark,
delivered to his yard at
•
ces of tanbark from 'the
miller tannery were
ated when an addition
built on the former Dr.,
Cauchi house, now the
ence of Dr. Bruce
son, Caledonia terrace,
fill necessitated deep
rts• The original house
built in 1913 for Mrs.
eller Clark, daughter of
trar John Galt• and
,J.
rs,
widow of Galt Clark, after the
death of her husband at
Moncton, N.B.
ST. PATRICK RESIDENCE
A year after he bought the
"Spring" lots on thio bank,
Seegmiller purchased from
the Canada Company the lots
on the south side of St,
Patrick Street, next
Waterloo, and built, probably
in the same year (1858) the
the large red brick house
which was home of the
Seegmillers until 1882, and
since 1963 has belonged to
Lorne Dotterer. It is a house
of considerable architectural
interest, with some traces of
for Seegmiller occupation.
ob When it is stated that Jacob
d Seegmiller "built''
something, it means his
11 contractor, and the only one
al of his contractors who can be
e identified at present is Adam
w MacVicar, a noted builder
t. here from about 1853. Miss
e Lillias MacVicar, Hincks
, Street, a granddaughter, has
e noticed among his papers the
e name of Seegmiller.
f The Signal (1875) states
that while Seegmiller oc-
s cupied the building which was
n` to become the British
Exchange, "a- targe brick
1 tannery which he owned and
t rented to W.G. Smith, corner
of Waterloo -St. Patrick (not
St. Patrick but Nelson) was
burned," Seegmiller at no
time owned the Smith Tan-
nery, but Smith after five
years of operation borrowed
on mortgage from
Seegmiller, and the fire
mentioned may have made it
necessary to find new capital.
Smith's sons, Wm. F. and
Arthur, took over the
business in 1905. It was
demolished to make way for
the Breckenridge apart-
ments. Base of the walls was
found to be three bricks thick.
"Although he never held a
public position," the Signal
said in Jacob's obituary, "yet
he has done much for
Goderich, and from among its
citizens the town will miss an
energetic and enterprising
business man and a much -
esteemed friend,"
Congratulations
to the
Town
on its 1 S 0th Birthday
W.E. (Tod) Williams
44 west St. Goderich
Phone 52+4102
e
Alari4Ute
the Manufacturers Lire Ineurstaoe Cowm'eny
SEEGMILLER HOUSE`._This
fine . w .'.,; ...
Seegmiller in 1858 and remained inlthe d rfamily ick �until 18e at 87 82. Patrick
ei 12 was built fors areoe
original, but the door frame has been remodelled. Lorne Dotterer bought int 14 yeae rs ago.
Sensational 14 -pc. Living
Room Ensemble
ON SALE TOMORROW FOR THE
PRICE OF CHESTERFIEe.r, SUITE
For months we here been work,,, on this mrraele value—determined to
bring to the people of Western Ontario n complete laving room en•^mnle
et a mice `Fat would amen the ahrewdem choppers. Thrt are lure out•
ended r fully demonstrated to tan wonderful offer
Trade In Your Old
Furniture On
This Ensemble
The Amazing Value Includes
• 3 • Pc. dottier -field Saha
• Bridge limp and Shay
• Boal Lamp ad Slade
• Solid Walnut End TaWc
• Solid Wolnt Smolded Stood
• Pair of Bnoi Ea&
• Flea Pakw
• Solii Walnut Taile
• Nile Scarf
• Footstool
Cbc,,,rhed covered to nWHe Melees of unmual beauty and the roll
piece blend in harmony and aro of walnut luuh.
This advertisement appeared for us in 1935...we can't quite
match those prices today - but we're still offering the best
fine furniture values in Western Ontario.
A warm Sesquicentennial Salute
to our many friends in Goderich
From all of us at Ball & Mutch
Clarence Denomme, Mac Cameron,
Norma Street, Mike Falconer, Doug gall
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where fashion end Ane furniture met
dam,
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