Garrett's Block, Beckwith Street, Smiths Falls, 1880

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Lithographs

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Illustrated in The Historical Atlas of Lanark & Renfrew Counties, published by H. Belden & Co. 1880-1881. Smiths Falls Public Library, Reference Collection, oversize, REF 912 Ill Owen Sound, Ontario: Richardson, Bond & Wright, 1972. Reprint edition 1972.

p.31 [caption reads] Garrett's Block, Beckwith Street, Smiths Falls, Ont.

See the link on the right hand side of this record to view a 1989 photo of Garrett/Washburn/Farmers' Exchange block.

Illustrated in Glenn J. Lockwood. "Smiths Falls: A Social History of the Men and Women in a Rideau Canal Community 1794-1994." Smiths Falls: Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls, 1994, p.269 - "Garrett's block on the southwest corner of Beckwith and Main streets, as lithographed in 1880, later known as the Washburn or Farmers Exchange... This handsome brick Italianate commercial block with its cast iron window heads and consoles is believed to date back to the speculation boom of the late 1850s."

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1880

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