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Oldfield Hardware Store
Location: 440 Turnberry St South
Year built: 1910
In 1948, Max Oldfield, an Air Force wireless mechanic, purchased this elegant 1910 building and hardware business from William Gillespie, its founder. The marks from “the chopping of the wood” for the pot-bellied stove remain. The original Wilton and Gillespie storefront sign hangs in the store. more... |
Public Library
Location: 402 Turnberry St South at Sports Drive
Year built: 1910
Brussels has the distinction of being among the smaller communities to have library funded by millionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Opened in 1910, it is one of just six in Ontario to have a corner entrance. During the WWII, the Red Cross made its home in the basement. more... |
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Fire Hall
Location: 51 CN Road near Industrial Park
Fire destroyed the Brussels downtown core three times between 1860 and 1875. A volunteer fire brigade was housed in the Town Hall from 1875 into the 1960s.The town bell, once used to summon volunteer firefighters, is now part of the new Brussels Fire Department building, opened in 1995. more... |
Graham Block
Location: 503 Turnberry St South
Year Built: 1877
The Graham Block, built in 1877, housed the Brussels 5˘- $1.00 Store for 56 years. The exuberant Gothic of the ground floor belies the staid Eastlake upper storeys. Staircase scribblings indicate a dentist and a milliner once occupied the second floor. The third floor was an elegant lodge and meeting room. more... |
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Brussels Rail Station
Location: 212 Turnberry St North
Year built: 1873
Passengers and freight came and went by train from Brussels after the Wellington, Grey & Bruce railroad line was opened July 1, 1873. Many years later, in 1975, the station was moved to its present location. It was used by the Lawn Bowling Club and now is the Optimist clubhouse. more... |
Logan’s Mill
Location: 61 Orchard Lane on the Maitland River
Year begun: 1859
A flour and gristmill was first built on this site in 1859. John Logan built the Logan Mill in 1914-1915. Closed in 1967, it was sold to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority in 1972. A 16-hectare millpond, the result of a man-made dam, creates a picturesque setting for the mill. more... |
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Melville Presbyterian Church
Location: 55 Dunedin Drive
Year built: c 1915
Built in 1914-15, this magnificent structure is dominated by a 65-foot tower. It has seating capacity for 650, including a balcony. Although the building is rectangular, the interior layout of the nave is on the bias, with the pulpit in the corner. It was built at a cost of $25,700. more... |
The Citizen
Location: 541 Turnberry St South
In 1873 the McGillicuddy brothers, Thomas and Daniel, started the Brussels Post, the longest running newspaper in Brussels’ history. North Huron Publishing Inc., a community-owned company, now publishes the North Huron Citizen. This building, located in the commercial core, is now a base for editorial and sales staff. more... |
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Leckie-Hoy Home
Location: 62 Dunedin Drive
Year built: c 1877
The Leckie-Hoy house is a fine example of Queen Anne design. It was built for John Leckie, the first Reeve of Brussels in 1873 and Warden of Huron County in 1876. He operated a large dry goods business in the village. The house remains largely unchanged since it was built. more... |
Brussels United Cemetery
Location: 84227 Brussels Line, south of town on County Road 12
Year begun: c 1861
The property upon which Brussels United Cemetery now stands served as an unofficial burial ground as early as 1861. Community founder, William Ainlay, was buried there in 1862. In 1875, the first salesman sold plots for $8 and individual graves for $1.50. more... |
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St. John's Masonic Lodge
Location: Turnberry St
Year begun: 1872
St. John's Lodge No. 284 of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons received its charter in 1872. The Lodge flourished and by 1878 it had 55 members, 124 in 1932. The present Lodge building was opened in 1986. The Masonic Lodge chapel on Orchard Lane was built in 1991. more... |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Location: 36 King St
Year built: 1938
The Standard Bank of Canada was the bank in Brussels in the early 1900s. Located on the east side of Turnberry Street, it became part of CIBC in the 1930s. In 1986, the present grocery store was built where the Queen's Hotel once stood. The new CIBC branch was added in 1993. more... |
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Brussels Livestock
Location: R.R. #3
Year begun: 1958
The largest livestock auction in Ontario, Brussels Livestock was started in 1958 by two local men, Jack Bryans and Hugh Pearson. From the beginning, the community livestock auction held once-weekly sales of pigs and cattle. Today all types of livestock are sold here and auction is still the preferred sales method. more... |
Brussels Royal Canadian Legion
Location: Turnberry St
Year begun: 1931
Brussels Legion Branch 218 was organized in 1931, one of many Royal Canadian Legions in Huron County. The new Legion building was built in 1964 on the site of the former town hall. The Ladies Auxiliary was formed in 1946 and the Brussels Legion Pipe Band in 1952. more... |
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Armstrong Aerodrome
Location: Lot 2 Newry Rd
Year built: 1878
Armstrong Aerodrome Farm was bought by the Armstrongs in 1892. Its present owner, James Armstrong, has had a keen interest in flying since childhood and it was he who built the first airstrip in Grey Township in 1953. John Vincent, the original owner of the farm in 1860, built the barn in 1878. more... |
Duncan McIntosh House
Location: 660 Elizabeth St
Year built: c. 1875
Duncan McIntosh came to Huron County in 1870 and is listed in Belden's 1879 Atlas as the owner of the Brussels Woolen Mill. The house and mill are pictured in the Atlas. The house, with its Italianate features, has been restored, but much of the original interior wood trim remains. more... |
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St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church
Location: Brussels
Year built: 1878 & 1993
Father James Murphy, the pastor appointed to Irishtown in 1864, oversaw construction of the original church built here in 1876. St. Ambrose was for many years a mission of Wingham. In 1911 priests traveled here by train every second Sunday. In 1993, the old church was torn down and the present one was built. more... |
St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Cemetery
Location: Brussels Line between Cranbrook Rd & St. Michael's Rd
Year built: 1914
Before this cemetery was built parishioners in Brussels buried their dead in either Blyth or Seaforth Roman Catholic, or Protestant, cemeteries. The first burial here was Anna Christine Cooper who died in 1915. Some earlier graves were moved here from the other cemeteries. more... |
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St. John's Anglican Church
Location: Brussels
Year built: 1948-9
St. John's parish was born in 1860 although missionaries held services here before this time. The first little frame church was built in 1864. By 1875 the congregation had grown and a new church was built. It was destroyed by fire in 1947 but within a year the present church was built. more... |
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship
Location: 250 Princess St
Year built: 1875, 1984
Brussels Mennonite Fellowship is composed of an older Brussels home built for a local sawmill owner around 1875. The property was purchased in 1981 by Brussels Mennonite Fellowship. The original house was renovated with the help of many hours of volunteer labour and in 1984 the Chapel addition was built. more... |
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Kerr Apartments/Ross House
Location: 700 Turnberry St
Year built: 1861
The brick house at the centre of Kerr Apartments was probably built in 1861 for Thomas Halliday, one of the first settlers. David Ross is listed as the owner in Belden's 1879 Atlas of Huron County. It became a nursing home in 1961 and wings were added. It was made into apartments in 1993. more... |
Ament House
Location: 201 Turnberry St
Year built: c. 1890
Philip Ament bought the sawmill and house from the Smith brothers in 1893. The house was likely built between 1886 and 1890. Ament used it as a showcase for the trims he made in his mill. Prospective customers were invited inside to see the different trim in each room. more... |
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McNeil's Autobody
Location: 14 Orchard Drive and 199 Turnberry St
Jim McNeil bought the Ament Mill building on Turnberry Street in 1946 where he had a Shell Service Station. The McNeils served the community for over 35 years. Jim's son, Don, now owns the building where he restores antique cars. He also runs McNeils's Autobody where he restores and refinishes cars. more... |
Dunedin Manor
Location: 54 Dunedin Dr
Year built: 1887
Dunedin Manor was built in 1887 for Dr. W.J.R. Holmes, modeled after and named for Dunedin Castle in Scotland. Dr. Holmes had offices here and it served two other local doctors, Drs. McRae and Myers. Dunedin Manor was known as one of the five great Victorian estates in southwestern Ontario. more... |
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Smith Block & Flatiron Building
Location: Turnberry St
Year built: 1889
The Smith Block and the Flatiron Building are two store blocks with fine decorative brickwork. The Smith Block has a slightly projected centre bay topped by a small triangular pediment. The Flatiron Building has Italianate features, notably the windows, some with stained glass sections and accented by the dichromatic brickwork. more... |
Cowboy Loft & Brussels Agri Services
Location: Newry Rd east of Brussels
Year begun: 1992
In 1997 Tim and Donna Prior bought Brussels Agri Business which was started in 1992. It offers a large selection of farm implements, animal health supplies, western tack and horse supplies. The Cowboy Loft, a unique Western tack shop designed on a Western theme, was added in 2004. more... |
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J.L. McCutcheon Motors Ltd.
Location: 625 Turnberry St South
Year built: 1952
McCutcheon Motors started in the car sales and repair business in the 1930s when Harry McCutcheon repaired cars on his farm. He moved the business to the old woolen mill property where he also sold cars. The J.L. McCutcheon Motors building was built in 1952 where Riverside Motors once was. more... |
McCrae-Trollope House
Location: 770 Turnberry St
Year built: c. 1890
This cottage-style house was bought by John McCrae, a town councillor, in 1893. The sculpture of a bear and her two cubs was carved from the stump of a large spruce tree, after the house was purchased in 1992 by the current owners, Douglas and Deb Trollope. more... |
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