Advertisement for the Bond Head Hotel. It was built on the corner of 88 and Old Essa Road (Hwy 88 and Hwy 27 today) in 1844 by James Banting. Samuel Manning owned the Hotel from ca. 1857 to 1873. In its time, it was known as the Manning House, the Queens Hotel, and the Bond Head Hotel. The original building burned down in 1892, and was rebuild as a brick structure, but no longer served as a hostelry.
The Brazill House later took over the name "Bond Head Hotel."
Artist Davis' drawing of the Hipwell Store (Doeler's General Store) in Bond Head. The Hipwell Store was built in 1881 on the land of Joel Robinson's first general store (est. 1828). The previous store was destroyed by fire.
Bond Head - looking east from the townline in 1868. The first store on the left is part of old Robinson Hotel. All the buildings from there past the buggies were burned in 1880.
The back of two World War I medals. The one on the left is the British War medal and the one on the right was given to soldiers returning from World War I by the community of Bond Head.
