Before becoming a print shop at the Cumberland Museum in May 1992, this building, the Grimes House had
quite a history. It was a school house in Navan for a period of time. It stood just West
of St. Marys Anglican Church. The house was larger than most of the log buildings of
its time. It is also thought that it could have possibly been an Orange Hall during its
history, because of its size. After that the Grimes House was a residence where it is
believed that Noel Hunealt was born and Pat Boucher lived. It moved locations near the
turn of the century and then became a shoemakers shop. The Grimes House was then used to
house pupils from 1913-1915. It was then sold to John Bird, a rural mailman, who lived
there until Mr. and Mrs. Taylor bought it. They used it as a residence in Navan for a
number of years. Gerry Grimes purchased it in May of 1980 but left it vacant. Mr. Grimes
then kindly donated it to the museum and it was dismantled and relocated to its current
location. The Grimes House was always intended to be a print shop and to house other print
related artifacts that the museum already had in its possession. Let's take a look at the inside! |