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Doors Open: Beechwood Introduction BEECHWOOD WAS A HAMLET located at the intersection of Concessions 4 and 5 and the sideroad between Lots 10 and 11 in McKillop Township. A post office was established at Beechwood in June 1877. It was likely located in a house. John Reedy was the first postmaster. This post office served the Irish Settlement in the Dublin-St. Columban area. Belden's 1879 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Huron describes Beechwood as a post office "pure and simple," but there may have been a store and some other trades people here in the early days. Beechwood Store was owned and operated by George K. Holland, act-ing as grocery, hardware and soft goods store, and post office. Beech-wood was assigned as the postal address. The store wagon had a daily route to local farms, giving busy housewives the chance to choose from a selection of sta-ples or to place an order for delivery next time. When George died in 1924, the business pass-ed to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, Jim Carlin. The store business declin-ed with changes in the rural community and the advent of rural route mail service. Joe Carroll bought it c. 1960. He was related to the police officer who was a thorn in the side of Lucan's "Black" Donnellys. Site Submissions Beechwood Year Post Office Established: 1877 Beechwood was a hamlet of McKillop Township, a post office "pure and simple" in 1877. The Beechwood Store appears on an 1879 map and was a grocery and hardware store with a post office. Over the past 30 years, the store has been home to Beechwood Pottery. more... Zion United Cemetery Location: County Rd 17 between County Rd 14 & Manley Line Year begun: 1889 Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church was built, and a cemetery was begun, in 1889. The earliest tombstones date to 1873, 1885 and 1887. The congregation's German heritage is evident in tombstones with inscriptions in German. The cemetery was enlarged and improved in the 1960s and is still in use. more...
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