132 Main Street
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Description
The house on 132 Main St, was built before 1852. Known as the "Lincoln House" it was used for a quarantine hospital for American soldiers there. In the 1890's the house was bought and turned into a store, and many people over the years have ran a store from the home. In 1947 when Waldron Dingwell bought the home he ran a store as well, until the big fire of 1959. Later the town library was set up there, until it was moved to the town hall in 1970.
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- Title
- 132 Main Street
- Creator
- Subject
- Heritage homes
- Description
- The house on 132 Main St, was built before 1852. Known as the "Lincoln House" it was used for a quarantine hospital for American soldiers there. In the 1890's the house was bought and turned into a store, and many people over the years have ran a store from the home. In 1947 when Waldron Dingwell bought the home he ran a store as well, until the big fire of 1959. Later the town library was set up there, until it was moved to the town hall in 1970.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Date
- Type
- StillImage
- Format
- Identifier
- cap:1609
- Source
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Souris Collection
- Coverage
- North America--Canada--Lot 45--Kings--Souris, 46.354190, -62.250961
- Rights
- The Island Narratives Program has gained permission to make the obtained data publicly available in electronic and/or print form and to disperse the information for the purposes of education and community awareness.