Walking Tours

7. Stone Cottage of Samuel Small, Shoemaker

The small stone cottage to your right on the west corner of St. Patrick and Provost Lane was built for Samuel Small, Shoemaker. This one and one quarter story design is typical of the small tenant housing in some parts of Scotland. If there were no windows on the second floor, the building was taxed as a one story dwelling, even though there were rooms, or a loft above the main area. These small dwellings were inexpensive to build and easy to heat and maintain.
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8. Weigh Scale Building

Continue further down Provost Lane. Just before St. Andrew St. you will come across the Weigh Scale Building (on the east side). This is one of the last remaining weigh scale buildings in Ontario. Now housing the public washroom facilities, the building is home to some interesting historical images of the area.
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9. First dwelling in the settlement of "Little Falls"

Retrace your steps north on Provost St. and turn east on St. Patrick St. to the municipal parking lot. Here, behind Tomson Furniture (and a little to the east), Mr. Scott built the first dwelling the settlement of "Little Falls". James Webster and William Built lived in the log structure during the winter of 1833. A stream fed by an extensive beaver meadow north of St. Andrew's Church, provided fresh water for the two men. This stream is now located underground, flowing under the Carnagie Library Building with the beaver meadow now in the middle of a subdivision. Built, a close friend of James Webster was the first person to purchase land in the settlement in the summer of 1833.
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