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INTERIOR POST OFFICEThe picture shows the section of the post office containing 104 boxes which opened using a combination lock. An older section of the post office was in the rear with 40 boxes using keys. Richard Grandy was the postmaster at the time of the opening of the building.
The mail was delivered to Omemee by train and as there were four mail trains each week day, mail was delivered promptly.
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MULLIGAN'S STORE1900
Omemee, ON
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MULLIGAN'S DRUG STOREThe building at the north-east corner of George Street housed a drugstore from its inception in 1891 to the present. Mr. Mulligan erected the building after the fire had destroyed the earlier structure. The sign on the side of the building still states that it is "R.J.Mulligan, Drugs and Chemicals, Jewelry, Watches and Clocks, Fancy Goods, Toilet Soaps, Fresh Field and Garden Seeds, Wallpaper, Books & Stationery". A wide range of merchandise. This old interior shot shows the multitude of items for sale as well as two of the local residents. As with many of the early shops, they provided not only a place to buy, but also a place to visit and chat.
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WILLIAMSON HARNESS SHOP1905
Omemee, ON
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WILLIAMSON HARNESS SHOPThe Williamson Harness Shop was built in 1890 after the fire that had devastated a large portion of the village in June of that year. Mr. Williamson apprenticed as a harness-maker and became a journeyman in harness making and saddlery, a necessary trade in an era of travel by horse. Most heavy farm work was undertaken with horses providing the power. A shoe and boot department was later added.
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MCPHERSON'S STORE1899
Omemee, ON
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McPHERSON'S STOREThe interior picture of McPherson's store is typical of many of the general stores in Ontario in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The store carried a wide range of merchandise. The bakery section of the store was noted as being extremely popular and was located at the rear of the store. You could buy baked goods directly from the store and also from the horse and rig which peddled the goods throughout the nearby countryside. Dry goods were sold with a great variety of prints, cottons, silks and other types of yard goods, which were popular with the seamstresses who sewed clothes for their families. A millinery section provided a range of the latest styles in hats for "church going" and special events. The first Bell Telephone "Central" was located in the store.
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OLD APOTHECARY SHOP, OMEMEE1940
Omemee, ON
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OLD APOTHECARY SHOP - OMEMEEThe sketch of Thomas Matchett's Apothecary "Medical Hall" is the only record of what this building looked like. Situated on the main street of Omemee, the building served the residents of Omemee and the area for many years, dispensing "cures" and providing medical care. McCrea's model of a Medical Hall.
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CORONATION HALL1920
Omemee, ON
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THE CORONATION HALLIn 1911, the Village of Omemee received from Mrs. J.C.Eaton (Lady Eaton, formerly Flora McCrea) a gift of Coronation Hall - the Omemee Hall. This had been the old Tully property with a board and batten house that had been vacant for years. Mrs. Eaton bought the property and had plans drawn for a community hall. It was completed in the late fall with the "Grand Opening" in late December, where Lady Eaton signed the deed of conveyance and handed it to Reeve Mulligan. King George V and Queen Mary had their coronation that year, hence the name Coronation Hall was added to the building.
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