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Main Street, 1915

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In the early days, much of Tignish was settled near the Green. After the church was built in 1859, however, much of the community grew up around the church. Later, after the Railway system was built, many more families moved closer inland creating a larger community, hence creating more streets (roads). The more popular streets then evolved and today they include Church Street, Phillip Street, and Maple Street. More streets were constructed as the people came; as time went on, it brought with it the streets we have today.

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Church Street Buildings, c. 1910 (Looking North)

Church Street Buildings, c. 1910
Although listed as Main Street on the post card from which this reproduction was made, this is actually Church Street. The buildings appearing from the foreground due north are:
  1. Doctor Johnson's home

  2. Larry S. Poirier's (Perry) Home - he was a jeweller and watch maker. His son, Benoit F. Poirier, was organist at Notre Dame Church in Montreal for 35 years, and he was born in this home.

  3. Charles Dalton's Tignish drug store. It later became Chester P. McCarthy's Law Office.

  4. Forrester's Hall was built about 1900. It was destroyed by fire in 1939.

  5. C.M.B.A. Hall was built in 1900. It was destroyed by fire in 1952.

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Main Street, 1915

Main Street, 1915

This picture of Main Street, Tignish was taken in 1915.
  1. Boyd Bernard's Hotel - this building was built in 1895 for the Hon. Stanislaus F. Poirier (Perry) M.P. After his death in 1898, the property was purchased and sold by J. Albert Brennan. It served as a hotel under John Hackett, Peter Burke (cheesemaker), Doris Phee, and Paul Kinch, among others. The land on which it was built in 1895 was owned between J. Albert Brennan and Hubert H. Gaudet. It was once called "The Bellevue Hotel" under the direction of the Hacketts.

  2. Henry Richard Home

  3. Joseph T. Arsenault Home

  4. Leo Murphy's home (at the end of the street) - now destroyed. Leo was killed in 1932 in the Tignish Train Wreck. He was a cheese maker at the cheese factory situated on Ascension Road at Tignish Corner.

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