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The Commanda General Store
Photo by contributor Jamie Toeppner - Posted November, 2005
Photo used by permission of the copyright holder Michelle Basic Hendry - November, 2008
Plaque Location
The District of Parry Sound
The Township of Nipissing
In Commanda
at the Commanda General Store Museum
on Highway 522
Coordinates: N 45 57.101 W 79 36.323 |
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Plaque Text
An outstanding example of a High Victorian commercial structure, the Commanda General Store was built and occupied by James Arthurs (1866-1937) about 1885. It was strategically located on the Rosseau-Nipissing Colonization Road and during the more than two decades that Arthurs, who later served in the House of Commons and the Senate, was the proprietor it played a vital service role in the development of Commanda and the surrounding area. A multi-purpose structure that functioned both as a residence and a business, the building is distinguished by its boom-town façade with two-storey gallery and intricate wood trim. It remained in commercial use until the late 1970s. Restored by the Gurd and Area Historical Corporation, it was opened as a museum in 1981.
Related Ontario plaque
The Rosseau-Nipissing Road
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