The former Glassford Hotel in Gilford. Built in 1853, it operated as a hotel until the late 1880s. Leonard and Maria Bell bought the house in 1925, and it became the home of their son and daughter-in-law Owen and Helen in 1942.
The Gilford Station was a popular stop along the railway bringing mail to the surrounding area and vacationers to the beach. It is now in the Simcoe County Museum.
The first temporary train station was built in 1853 with the coming of the new train service up to Barrie. A permanent station was built in 1870.
