Hollywood Hotel & Flour Mill, c. 1900

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Norval on the Credit
Hollywood Hotel & Flour Mills.
Texton back reads: "This picture, probably taken around the turn of the last century shows the old Hollywood Hotel often referred to as the Commercial Headquarters of the community. It was gutted by fire in 1993.
Built in the late 1840s or early 1850s it was a favourite stop-over for travellers using the plank road from York to Guelph. Whiskey was 5 cents a glass and beer was never in short supply. Coach horses were accommodated in the livery stables behind the Hotel. The Hotel was sold in the late 1930s for a very small sum, refurbished as a Beer parlour, and because Peel County was dry', Norval was the first place to quench your thirst over the countyline. The Hotel did a roaring trade and was a veritable gold mine for successive owners.
When the Grist Mill was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Hazel in 1957 the old Mill race was filled in to allow more parking space for the Hotel.
The Norval Flour Mill, built by James McNab in 1828 and later owned by Robert Noble from 1868 to 1920, had an excellent reputation for the quality of the flour that was produced. The grand old Mill burned down in the winter of 1930, a very sad day for the whole community.

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c. 1900

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