Thomas Driffill's Hardware Store
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Parte deDorothy Cilipka fonds
This building was probably built around 1851. The Driffill family lived and operated a business in Bradford before 1867.
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Thomas Driffill's Hardware Store
Parte deDorothy Cilipka fonds
This building was probably built around 1851. The Driffill family lived and operated a business in Bradford before 1867.
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Parte deGeorge Jackson fonds
The original building located at 4 Holland St. West (on the southwest corner of Holland and Simcoe Streets) was built in the 1840’s and was situated on land originally owned by James Drury. He was one of the early immigrants who reached Upper Canada. Drury rented the corner lot to Thomas Driffill (a blacksmith), who opened a hardware store at that location. The lot was later sold to Robert Cooke, who leased the property to Driffill for another 20 years. Thomas Driffill became the village of Bradford’s first reeve when it was incorporated in 1857. The great fire of 1871 destroyed all but the building’s foundation. It was rebuilt incorporating the intact, old vault and locally-made bricks. Thomas Driffill bought the building in 1885, eventually retired, and left the business to his sons, Joseph and James, who eventually sold it to Andrew Thompson, Driffill's partner. It became Thompson's Hardware. A series of different owners and different types of enterprises followed. William Barron bought the building in 1946 and relocated his hardware business to this site. He made several renovations, including adding a new stone façade, new plate glass windows, and an elevator to facilitate deliveries to the tinsmithing shop upstairs. He retired and left the business to his son Norman. The building later became a motorcycle shop, and eventually, for several years, the Winchester Arms Restaurant. (1, 2, 4, “Four Holland Street West: A Short History” by Lorraine Philip - Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library, Local History Collection).
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Advertisement of Driffill's Hardware, Book, Stationary, and Fancy Goods House.
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Thomas Driffill's Hardware store
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Advertisement of Driffill's Hardware Store
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Advertisement for William Jordan's house and sign painting services on Holland St.
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Thomas Driffill - hardware store
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Advertisement for Thomas Driffill's hardware store. He began with a blacksmith's shop in December, 1831, and later moved on to hardwares.
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Charles W. Lundy - Carriage and Wagon Maker
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Advertisement for Charles W. Lundy's Wagon & Carriage making services at the black of Thomas Driffill's blacksmith shop.
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