
Lynn T. Leet of Lynn T. Leet & Company (1897) – Composite stone & brick company.

Lynn T. Leet of Lynn T. Leet & Company (1897) – Composite stone & brick company.

J. T. Gilmour of Gilmour & Kearns (1897) – Early book publishers.

William Meldrum of William Meldrum & Company (1897) – Commission merchants: eggs and butter cold storage. The company still exists as “Meldrum The Mover” and is one of the oldest moving & storage companies in Canada.

W. H. Hope residence (1897) – picture framer.

J. A. Paterson residence (1897) – tea merchant.

John Wingham residence (1897) – electrician.

Date marker on the back of a house viewed from York & Prince Albert Aves.

March 28th – snow, once again, blanketing Melville Ave.

Former fire box, in use for over 75 years and decommissioned in 1987, behind the clay tennis courts in Westmount Park.

These are quite common on streets leading into lanes. They might have served 2 purposes: to mark the entranceway to a lane & to protect nearby structures from carriages making wide turns.