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Declared as the “Portals to Huronia “ in the 1921 Tercentenary celebrations, the Angels mark both the entrance to our Town and a welcome to all visitors. They were erected through the effor...

10 Robert Street West is the original site of the Town Fire Department and Council Chambers. The building is constructed with a limestone foundation and red brick exterior. Three arched windows ...

This Church, originally dedicated to the Canadian Martyrs, was built between 1885 and 1900. Father Theophile Laboureau sought contributions from both sides of the Atlantic to build this Memorial...

Built in 1905 by local carpenter, George Pelletier, this home was purchased in 1919 by William R. Benson, manager of the Firstbrook Box Co., who occupied it until the 1950’s. The elaborately dec...

This classically styled house was built around 1900 for J.T. Payette, owner of a thriving local foundry and Mayor from 1921 to 1924. “J.T.” was also the enthusiastic sponsor of an annual horse r...

This house is a classic example of the Georgian style popular in the mid-nineteenth century. The style stressed symmetry and this home lives up to this definition. It is said that the orderly pa...

This plain building at 12 Water Street conceals the original logs of what is believed to be the first log house built in the Town. Stucco covers the one and a half storey cedar log house built b...

This structure was erected by Alfred A. Thompson in 1840 and has continuously served the community as a mercantile building for nearly 160 years. It was the base of A.A. Thompson’s extensive fur...

Located on Burke Street at the intersection with Beck Boulevard, this structure was built in 1875 by Carl Beck. Its original function was a general company store for the workers in Beck’s nearby...

This elegant Queen Anne Revival design residence is the only house in Penetanguishene with a slate roof. It was built by Carl Beck, the wealthiest of the local lumber magnates, in the late ninet...

This Anglican Church was constructed on the “lines of communication” between the Town and the Establishments in 1836, the intention being to serve as a garrison church and also for the growing c...

Occupying a prominent place in the centre of First Presbyterian Cemetery, stands the Beck Family Mausoleum. It was constructed in 1910 by the original Beck family for themselves and their immedi...

This outstanding example of Carpenter’s Gothic was built in 1878 and represents the caliber of home which was being built in the Town in those days. It is of similar style to the Gothic Revival ...

This structure was built in the Second Empire style which was so popular between 1860 and 1880. Gendron shoepacks were manufactured upstairs in the early part of the last century. These hand-s...

32 Water Street was built circa 1878 and originally occupied by a local merchant named Mr. Dodge. Dodge carried on his grocery business there under the name of “Charlewood Grocery”. In 1882, Mr....

The property was originally owned by Alfred Sneath in 1876 and sold to Donald Dault in 1901. The building was constructed in the era of 1885 -1894 and is a good example of a turn of the century,...

This unique water fountain refreshes all thirsty travelers at the main intersection of Town. The large trough was for the horses, behind this was the source for their riders and a small trough b...