Demolition of the mill that gave Oxford Mills its name
These show the demolition of the mill that gave Oxford Mills its name. This was the site of the stone grist mill, started by...
The White House Hotel
North Grenville is full of empty spaces, if that isn’t a confusing concept. One of them is at the corner of Clothier and Prescott...
Burritt’s Rapids
Before 1830, the Rideau River roared over the rapids below the present dam, providing the water power that allowed the community to grow up...
Renovation, not demolition in Kemptville
North Grenville is seeing some reconstruction instead of deconstruction of some of our heritage buildings. Kemptville, in particular, is enjoying some renovation projects that...
Merrick Tavern
This is one of the oldest houses in the region. Built, possibly, as early as 1800, it was the first home of William Merrick...
Maley Block / Rotary Park
Maley Block / Rotary Park, Corner of Clothier and Prescott Streets
Where Rotary Park is today, was once another major centre of commerce and activity...
Kemptville’s Lost Heritage
One of the most obvious gaps in the streetscape of Kemptville is on Clothier Street East, between the South Branch Bistro and O’Heaphy’s. For...
The dimming of the day
When the Village of Kemptville, as it was then, established its own Hydro-Electric Commission in 1922 to connect with the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of...
The Leach Blacksmith Shop and Banks Bros Livery Stable
The Leach, Blacksmith Shop
On the south-east corner of Asa and Thomas is the parking lot, an empty space which was once, and for decades,...
Indigenous origins in North Grenville
The Algonquin traditional territory included most of what is now North Grenville, but their territory bordered on that of another group, one that has...