D.31. True Value - 590 7th Avenue
Chimo & Radio SWhack
Neild Garage
McGuffin Motors
D. 39 Highway's Department
(Former MTS Building) - 560
7th Avenue
D. 16. B&D
Coffee Shop
(Moore's Auto) - 540 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
NAP Auto Parts
Machine Shop
Moore’s Auto
Paul Backewich (Tools)
Machine Shop
D.15. LRB Electric - (Cameron Electric) 526 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Cameron Electric
The Flower Basket
Pic-a-Pop
Dry Cleaner – Fontana
Kyte Hair Salon
D.29. Curves
(Former
Safeway
Building) - 574 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Cameron Electric
Virden Television
FoodLand – Stan Elliot
Food Land Reg Hales
Sold to S.A. Elliot and A.R. Hales in 1939.
D.40 Martin’s Pharmacy - 490 7th Avenue
Fontana’s Men’s Wear
Parking Lot
Balmoral
D.41. Sports Place -
480 7th
Avenue
Stedman’s 1967
Balmoral Hotel
A. Williams Jewellery
B. Helinski (Jewellry?)
Built as a Hardware store by Frame and
Miller.
Comprised of two
buildings,
one being the Queen’s Hotel which was moved from across the
tracks.
Also referred to as the McBain Block
Sold to Gibson and McBain after WW1.
D.4. Dely Block -
462
7th Avenue
Formerly
on
This Site:
S Portion:
Independent Living
Gibson’s Mind Body and Soul
Pet Store – Thornhill
Vanny’s Sports Centre
Mahoney Hobby Shop
Middle Section
CC. Beans / Timothy Beans
The Sports Place
Shearon’s Café / Jerry’s Lunch
Frank and Rosie Reid Café
Eugene Dely Café / Eyer Bakery and Café
North Section
The Flower Basket Future Features
Stedman’s Inwear Jeans / Evelyn’s Ladies Wear
Doherty Dress Shop / Miss Markam
Grocery – Ernie Hales /Grocery – Hartly
Eyers Baker / Built about 1900 - George Perry (Near Balmoral) p 44
W.W. Joslin paid the taxes in 1893. In 1898
thye
Joslin Liquor Store
moved
to Cain Block (Victoria Billiard Hall) from west side of the street.
D.5. Future Features
(North
Section) - 436 7th Avenue
Formerly
on
This Site:
Sharilyn Features
Chalair Fashions – Dori Charles
Chalair Fashions – J. Mulairn & R. Chacun
Lacey Hardware
McBain Hardware
McLellan & English – General Store…
Listed as Dry Goods on 1901 map
D.6. Future
Features
(South
Section) - McBain
Hardware Building 436 7th
Avenue
Formerly
on
This Site:
Larry Maguire Election Office
L&B Sewing Repair
Future Features
Al’s Catering
Petals, Pine & Potpourri
Lacey Hardware
McBain Hardware
McLellan & English – General Store building as well…
Although the building is well known for its
connection to the McBain
Hardware
– it was the site if McLellan & English General Store from at
least 1895
to 1912.
D.7. Echo Books
(Higginbotham Building ) - 430 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Century Pizza before Echo Booksn (2009)
Higgenbotham's Drug Store
Origins – Mr. Steele bought out Dr. Gemmill’s supply of
drugs and set up
here prior to 1891
Bought by John Higgenbotham in 1896. At that time it was Steele’s
Drug store.
In the family as a drug store for at least 4 generations. Appears in an
1891
photo.
D.8. Terry McLean
Gallery
- 418 7th Avenue S (Gabel Building)
Formerly
on This
Site:
Timm's Jewellery
Stockton Dentist Upstairs
Roy Brown, Optometrist Upstairs
Gable Optometrist Downstairs
The Gabel familiy lived here from 1918 until
1947.
The commercial space
was
occupied from 1924 until 1988 by the Timms family. Stockton, a dentist
operated
in the upstairs. Mr. Gabel operated an Optometrist’s Office in
the Jewellery
Store. Optometrist Roy Brown owned the building later, until 1965
D.9. Randy's Men's Wear ( Scarth Block) - 408 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Brown’s Men’s Wear
– Guy Longman
Brown’s Men’s Wear – Frank Browqn & Glen Fowler
Donaldson’s Men’s Wear
Bain’s Men’s Wear
H.D. Crowe’s Busy Corner Men’s Wear
Pineo and Merrick Men’s Wear
It was originally a general store and post
office
built by W.F. Scarth,
the
first postmaster at Gopher Creek.
Appears in 1891 photo.
D.62 Mall - 7th Avenue
Before Mall…
Ivey’s Florists & Gifts & Bulk Way
Demaury’s Gifts
Tanis Hair Salon
Irene’s Electrolysis
Pizza Shop
McDougall’s Department Store
Bowling Alley
Miss McAdam 8/102
Gopher Creek Paper
Ward Insurance
Peter Morris Insurance
D.J. Reid Insurance
Shari-Lyn Fashion
White’s Flower A
A.4. Border
Regional Library
- 312 7th Avenue
Chevron Office
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D. 61 – Super Thrifty
- 333 7th Avenue
Ward Agencies
Dennison Chew
Fowler’s Chew
Seafoot and Stewart Garage
S & S Mercury
Marshall Motors
McLean & Whitefors Motors
Town Office
D.58
Bender’s Vacuum Repairs - 7th Avenue
Insite Hair
Demaury Gifts
Keith Creller Jewellery
Harry’s Pastry Shop
George’s Meat
Bill Baird’s Meat
D.10. Victoria Jewellers (Cain Block) - 405 7th
Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Pool Hall / Victoria Tobacco and Gift
Virden Green Velvet – Doug Pidobni
Victoria Tobacco and Gift
Lloyd Gibson Pool Hall / Victoria Billiards – Charley Forster /
Victoria
Billiards – Ernie Forster
Hardware Store
Corner Location
Century Pizza / Slater Family / Case Family / Morris Family / Jim Dunn
Family
/ Ed Fritzsch and Wally Walachinko
Larry’s Lunch
Brown & Fowler Clothing
Robinson Store
McDougall Fabric (
McDougall Department Store 1965 (Thomas Enterprises
owners 1965)
RCA Dave Petch
Steve Hegion Upstrairs
Anna Sproule Music – Upstairs
Al Jackson Music Upstrairs
Built by John
Cain
- later bought by Eugene Dely – before he moved across the street.
Named “Mid Town Block” over middle entrance.
D. 46.
Kassie’s Jewellery - 425
7th Avenue
Virden Fashion Shop –
Built by Hazel Campstone
Harness Repair – Ted Boiteau
D.11. The Bread Box (Murdock Bakery Building) -
445 7th
Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Bread Box – Careme
Bakery – Murray Wright
Bakery – Sandy & Claudie Ritchie
Randolph Bakery
Murdock
Ceramics Downstairs
Fraser Bakery
Red & White Grocery Store
Jim Mair Bakery
D.12. Virden
School and
Office Supply (Star Cafe) 447
7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Martin’s Pharmacy
Millar Café
Lucky Strike
Chinese Café
D.13. The Ted
Boiteau Harness Shop Building 461,
7th
Avenue
Larry
Maguire
Constituency Office
Formerly
on This
Site:
Rolland Virtual Business System
Lennon Trilogy /Gerry’s Financial
Ye Old Tic Toc Shop – Lloyd Gibson
Helynski Jewellery
Insite 461, 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Sears /Don Widger Vacuum
Mr. Lennon /Lucille’s Hair
The middle unit was a livery stable. A crawl
space
in the right hand
unit
leads to basement – said to contain wagon wheels. The owner of
the right
hand (westerly) unit (now Pitter Patter) has a photo labeled Ted
Boiteau
Harness Shop showing the interior of that operation.
Pitter
Patter 463, 7th
Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
Tindal Windows
Dave’s Windows
White’s Shoes
Ed Howell Shoe Maker
D.27. Fields Store (Former Forester’s Garage) 479, 7th Avenue
Formerly
on This
Site:
V&S – Larry Wright
MacLeod’s
Forester’s Garage
Miller’s Garage
D32. Employment Skills & Katjumac 585 7th Avenue
Sparwood’s Service Centre
Chisholm Garage
Thomas Motors
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