Clark 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] Store and residence of J.M. Clark, Smiths Falls, Ont.

Built in 1871 and known as Clark and Lewis Hardware.
Located at southeast Main Street and Beckwith Street.

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.167 - the caption reads: "... an 1880 lithograph showing the store built for James M. Clark in 1871. ...the new "granite block" as it was called in 1871, set the style in the 1870s and 1880s for French Second Empire as the most fashionable style of architecture for commercial blocks in downtown Smith's Falls."

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1880

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