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J. W. Davis Furniture and Cabinet Factory 1884 was built on the lot adjacent to the house. This is now the location of Wagg Funeral home. 26 FOCUS - FEBRUARY 2009 The Albert J. Davis residence at 226 Queen St. is now home to the George Smith Law Office Albert J. Davis Residence 226 Queen Street, Port Perry Plan H-50020, Lot 58 Snuggled between commercial buildings along the south side of Queen St. are two attractive yellow brick houses, which seem oddly out of place in the downtown core. One of these former homes, today houses the law offices of George L. Smith, while the other is rented out for commercial uses. It's the two-storey yellow home at 226 Queen St., that is the subject of this month's “This Old House” feature. As early as 1847, John W. Davis was engaged in the manufacture of furni- ture, under the name of J.W. Davis Cabinet Factory, on this choice double lot in the business centre of downtown Port Perry. He built a large two-storey frame factory on his property, located at the corner of Queen and Perry Streets, which burned to the ground in 1867. Following the fire, he rebuilt and continued busi- ness at the same site until July 1884 when the store was again destroyed by fire. This time, the entire downtown commercial core was ravaged by the fire, de- stroying almost every place of business. Mr. Davis sustained more than $25,000 in losses from the fire, a huge amount of money in those days, but he persevered and by the end of November the same year, he had rebuilt a two-storey brick building and returned to business once again. This is the building used today by Wagg’s Funeral home. In May 1888, the elder Davis sold the western piece of his property to his son, Albert J. Davis. Albert was 30 years old when he took out a $1,000 mortgage a few months later to build this substantial yellow brick home which still stands near the corner of Queen and Perry Streets today. Albert J. Davis was born in Port Perry in 1858, and was educated at both