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    Slide File Number: 01.8-D-1 Foster Wheeler was established in St. Catharines in 1927 through the purchase of the plants and assets of Engineering and Machine Works of Canada. The company closed it's

    Slide File Number: 01.9-E-4 The Hotel Dieu Hospital opened in September of 1953 as a Catholic Hospital. It was built on the site of the home of Samuel Leonard St. John. The hospital grew over the yea

    Slide File Number: 01.10-A-1 Hoffman's Cloak Company started in 1906. In 1922 they moved to the site of the old Hippodrome Theatre and constructed a new building. The store remained at that site unti

    Slide File Number: 01.10-A-2 The Highwayman Motor Inn first appears in the 1970 St. Catharines City Directory. It is now a Canada's Best Value Inn (2019).

    Slide File Number: 01.10- J.W. Thompson was founded in 1933. It last appears in the St. Catharines City Directory in 1965.

    Slide File Number: 01.10-A-4 J.M. Wethey was a Jam Factory established in 1883. The business began on Mary Street. It later moved to Queenston Street and then John Street before finally moving to Big

    Slide File Number: 01.10-B-1 James. D. Tait Co. occupied what was known as the Predergast Block. The original building was demolished in 1949 and a new building erected in 1950.

    Slide File Number: 01.10-B-3 The Knights of Columbus building was built in 1869 by Edward McArdle. It was later occupied by a bakery owned by the McSloy family. The building was bought by the Knights

    Slide File Number: 01.10-B-4 This building was a carpentry shop that was turned into apartments in 1920.

    Slide File Number: 01.10-C-1 Lincoln Foundry was founded on the site of Kinleith Paper Co. The site was bought in 1933 and the original buildings demolished. The foundry began production in 1939. The

    Slide File Number: 01.10-C-2 Hainer Street was named for John Hainer, one of the first settlers. Lincoln Foundry was founded on the site of Kinleith Paper Co. The site was bought in 1933 and the orig

    Slide File Number: 01.10-C-3 Lincoln Foundry was founded on the site of Kinleith Paper Co. The site was bought in 1933 and the original buildings demolished. The foundry began production in 1939. The

    Slide File Number: 01.10-D-1 The Mills House, built in 1868, was the former home of James Mills, a druggist and founder of the YMCA on Queen Street. His house became a home for elderly women in the 1

    Slide File Number: 01.10-D-2 L. Hattey & Co. was established in 1904 and last appears in the St. Catharines city directories in 1972. Kresge's Department Store first appears in the 1932 city director

    Slide File Number: 01.10-D-3 This property was occupied by the Legion in 1920. Members met in the carriage house until 1932 while the main building on the property was being renovated. In 1956 the ol

    Slide File Number: 01.10-D-4 The Lincoln Hotel began as the Grand Central Hotel in the 1880s and has had a variety of names over the years including the Lincoln Hotel, Montebello Inn and the Midnite

    Slide File Number: 01.10-E-3 The County Industrial Home was located on the west side of Ontario Street between the QEW and Carleton. The site on which the home was built was a farm, purchased from Mr

    Slide File Number: 01.8-D-2 The Fairview Mall opened April 6, 1961. It's indoor style was advertised as a mall that was air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. Stores have come and go

    Slide File Number: 01.8-D-4 Eaton's bought out McLaren's Department Store in the 1920s. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1936 and a new one was opened in 1937. That building was torn do

    Slide File Number: 01.8-E-2 The fire hall was built around 1867 at the corner of Carlisle and St. Paul Streets, diagonally across from the Leonard Hotel. New headquarters built in 1950 left the build