At 145 Broclt St. S.0-sits 110 yeais of ~tThe Downey bullingý(plct 1ured circa 1M)Ols a fine pee0 Whitby hiStor>' - the Downey building. architecture dating back 110 vears. This fine ornamnent 'ed bick building was, Photo used ly permission fromn TOWN~ Of WI$Y ARCHNIVES the last to be constructed in this 'block after the great fire of Oct. 16, 1877. Local contractor Thomas Devereli buit kt in 1883 for D.C. Downey, a coal *and feed merchant who had corne to Whitby frorn Napanee. In addition to the store, Downey bacoal sheds at Wbltby ~ Harbor. He was a"s a membe of town counicil for one year. For a few yeans, lIn the 1890s, the store P was operated by John Blow, another ca and feed mnerchant and'a telegraph and express agent'A In 1895, James Henry Downey - son ~"~ of D.C. Downey - carne from NapaneeS- to manage the business. He rernained in Whitby until 1919, when he moved to ' California. James H. Downey was Mayor of Wbitby frorn 1909 to 1,912. On the premlises, the younger Downey had aseed cleanlngrmaciJnediven by a gasoline engine. Aller tey were cleaned, - ~ i seeds were shipped t0 ail parts of Canada,,. and the United States. On the south wall of the building is a, metal ring to which custorners would de: their horses while they shopped ln downtown Whltby. It Is the last horse :"ZA' ,... hitching ring left in the downtown. a' "v Y James H. Downey sold die business to Sidney Castle andi Insurance -whlcli sill occupies the building yellow brick ornarnentation around the windows. One Smi in 1919. In 1926, it was taken over b>' George today. Wlth dma sale, in 1962, nearl>' 80 years of seed, of the few buildings in dowiltw;à Whlnbhy dating from Canning, whose estate sold it to Isaac Puckrln in 1954. feed andI coal business ended in this building. the 1 880s, the I1O0-year-old! Downey building is a When lie retired in 1962, Puckrin sold the building to ln 1963, l3owmnan and Gibson sandblasted the brick particularly fine plece of architecture. John Cockburn, of Bowrnan andI Gibson Real Estate to rernove years of paint, revealing the fine red and HRL4N WJNTER asthe archtWa.for the Town of Whizby November g Volume ,- Nqi"ier4 FEATURES Walking the Downtown Bet3 WHITE1Y DOWNTownB:;,pvIg~ p ~0 Good Sleep Adds Years to Your Life 15M&NOr DEPARTMEÎgTS JOhnC.»~$ Historical Corner 2 Parking Map 20 Front Covrr phtgrp. Road Sense 5 Entertainers Corner2l A&tDirctUofafld D Csixn:M MI'>'"« BI1Ock TaIk 7 Fashion Corner 22 FOR ADVERMIINQ NFiWJ4ÀU , 1 . 579.4(y Health Corner 9 Whitby After Hours 22 TU wïm taPDemohl.wlth a totaw fr»~jQ~c~~g~FleiS Home Front .14 OsaaIaelOenahr OiJn xr~ac1ie~Its ir si atieCSzi Denyer top to ave a cat withPictureTOisaan Thats onene Wn3yb 57O-4400) O USlN Es MRVIiT raeli Ceernesry on pageu"ýq,1 3.:I Wpart you dOr wrAJJOLN pueýýTLEHOE -o 66siy r4efsegn UP FRONT:Durham Poice consables...................ndDan.............$ W------------------------------