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- 1967
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Riverview Inn on the edge of the Holland River. This was the western end of what would have been the town of Amsterdam
Dorothy Cilipka
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Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Riverview Inn on the edge of the Holland River. This was the western end of what would have been the town of Amsterdam
Dorothy Cilipka
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
The Village Inn is located on Holland Street East. The architect was Mr. William F. Sparling and it is an Old English or Tudor style building built in 1938. Mr. Sparling also designed the Granite Club, Masonic Temple and the Metropolitan Building all in Toronto.
Dorothy Cilipka
Part of Joe Saint fonds
Contains articles and clippings related to the buildings and architecture of Bradford West Gwillimbury, from A - E
Joe Saint
Morris, Kenneth McRae obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, May 19, 1954
Event Type : Death
Description : Death came with startling suddenness to Kenneth M. Morris, former well-known Bradford man, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, on Wednesday last, May 19, following a stroke.The late Mr. Morris was born in Bradford in 1889, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris of Bradford. He attended Bradford schools and in early life went into the line of business he continued in most successfully during his lifetime, that of restaurant and hotel operation.Known locally as Ken" Morris the deceased built the first Riverview Inn building at Bradford. After building up this business he sold it and bought the site of property formerly owned by his grandfather on which he built The Village Inn. Selling this in 1941 he was in Barrie for a time then Bracebridge where he owned a restaurant and a hotel before going to Hamilton where he was operating a hotel at the time of his death. Mr. Morris is survived by his wife the former Bertha Campbell and two sons Kenneth of Hamilton and Robert attending University of Toronto; also by three brothers Rex, Max and Merle and two sisters Mrs. Thelma McDonald of Beeton and Mrs. Challie Brown of Corpus Christi. Two brothers predeceased him Job and Benson (Pat).The funeral was held in Toronto on Saturday with interment in Alliston.
Bradford Witness
Morris, Bertha Victoria Campbell obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Friday, October 16, 1959
Event Type : Death
Description : Suddenly at her home, 64 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, in her sleep. Wife of the late Kenneth M. Morris, who predeceased her by several years. Mother of Kenneth C., Mount Forest, and Robert, Toronto. Lived with her son Robert, a student at Toronto University. With her husband, had built and operated the Riverview Inn for a number of years before it was sold, after which it was destroyed by a fire. They then built the Village Inn, which they operated for several years. Rested at the funeral chapel of A.W. Miles, 30 St. Clair Ave. W. Service held to the Toronto Necropolis.
Bradford Witness
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement for the Crown Inn in the local newspaper.
Inns - Bradford Hotel and Farmers' Inn
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement of the Farmers' Inn of Newton Robinson, and the Bradford Hotel of Bradford.
South Simcoe Times
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
Advertisement of the Bradford Hotel, operated by William Miller.
South Simcoe Times
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
"McCartney's Wellington Hotel for sale or exchange for an improved farm.
The house has every accommodation necessary for the business, and is one of the best situated Taverns in Bradford. Title good. Apply to the owner on the premises.
Robt. B. MacCartney"
The Wellington Hotel was for sale until 1867. McCartney was also the proprietor for the Western Hotel from 1853-1873.
South Simcoe Times
The Earliest Newspaper in Bradford
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
A selection of advertisements from the earliest newspaper in our collection: the Bradford Chronicle of September 27, 1854.
Bradford Chronicle