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. Mary’s 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!