Walking Tours

10. Old Livery

Walk south on St. David St. to the Olde Livery (south of St. Andrew St.) built in 1878 by James Aergo as a warehouse and livery. Today, it houses a number of small shops.
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11. Watson Tannery and Groves Grist-Mill

Number 160 and 170 St. David Street south (across from The Olde Livery) is the Watson Tannery Building (c. 1855) and the Abraham Groves Grist-Mill and Electric Light Plant (c. 1880). Dr. Abraham Groves provided the first electrical power to the village. A prudent man, he also ran the grist-mill from the same building.
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12. Beatty Bros. Foundry & Fergus Market

Walk across the St. David St. Bridge to the Fergus Market Building; (at Bridge St.) the former Beatty Bros. Foundry erected in 1878. A date stone on the building states 1876. This is the date that the firm was established, not the date of the building. When the firm moved from 410 St. Andrew Street West, they brought their date stone with them and embedded it in the east wall of the new building.
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