Algoma Boulevard was always a major through fair, lined with
businesses, schools, churches and homes. In the early 1890’s, commercial
building and churches occupied each side of the street from Main Street to
Light Street, there were very few houses.
There was one however at number 58 Algoma, the residence of Samuel
Sutton, and machinist. By 1898 the
Sutton residence was gone, replaced by beautiful brick and stone business block
for Medberry and Bemis, wholesalers of paper and wooden ware. The building may have been the work of
William Waters for it bore many details used by architect Waters.
The structure was three stories high with an intricate brick
work cornice and pediment. Six windows ran
the width of second and third floors and there were two storefronts on the
ground floor. The windows of the upper
floors featured indented corners of the openings, giving the apertures a wider
appearance. Limestone bands and lintels
added color and surface texture variety.
The building proved inadequate to the company’s purpose and it was
replaced in 1927 with a larger structure.
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